Tempean Noir
British second feature films produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman .
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- DirectorJohn GillingStarsHugh SinclairDinah SheridanJohn Laurie1950. Drama. Directed by John Gilling. Writer Robert Southley finds his lifestyle threatened by blackmail from a former American criminal associate. Stars Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan & John Laurie.
- DirectorRobert S. BakerStarsMaxwell ReedDinah SheridanPatric DoonanA blind man's sight is restored in time to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's dead (or is he) brother and a gang of currency smugglers.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsDerek BondJane HyltonDora BryanCoastal pub proprietress is inveigled into a smuggling plot.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsDermot WalshBarbara MurrayCharles VictorThe hidden life of a second-hand dealer inadvertently ensnares his son. Julius Rosselli (Dermot Walsh), whose expulsion from Oxford and subsequent participation with jewel thieves breaks the heart of his father (Charles Victor), heads towards a calamity replete with Greek irony.
- DirectorRobert S. BakerStarsPatrick HoltSandra DorneSonia HolmA cop robs a store to go undercover in a gang. In prison he meets a member and escapes. Now inside, he identifies the boss and thieves, but not the informant. As a big heist nears, the cop is distracted by the boss's girlfriend.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsValerie HobsonEdward UnderdownJames Robertson JusticeThe story of four people directly and indirectly involved in the murder of a female blackmailer. The three male suspects are the girl's employer (publisher Henry Kendall); an up-and-coming writer (Edward Underdown); a brilliant established writer (James Robertson Justice), an intellectual snob who disdains everything and everybody; and his wife (Valerie Hobson.) The latter meets the struggling writer and, propelled by her loveless marriage, falls in love with him and helps him with his ascending career, with the unwitting aid of her ailing husband. Meanwhile, the police are still investigating the murder.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsMark StevensJean KentGarry MarshDuring a London reunion of a World War II RAF unit, an American pilot gets into a fight with one of his buddies, who is drunk and belligerent. The next day the pilot wakes up in a strange hotel room with blood on his suit, and can't remember how he got there. Then he discovers that the friend he fought with the night before has been murdered, and he is a prime suspect.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsScott BradyMary CastleJohn BlytheIn London, American Gregor Stevens searches for his convicted murderer brother facing execution. He allies with smuggler Yvonne Durante to prove his brother's innocence, putting her at risk from her criminal associates.
- DirectorRobert S. BakerStarsTerence MorganJoan RiceRaymond LovellAn adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsKieron MooreElizabeth SellarsEdward UnderdownJean Talbot poses as a crook to infiltrate the gang of thieves who killed her jeweler father, Michael.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsBonar ColleanoAndrew RaySidney JamesAn Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsArthur KennedyConstance SmithJoy SheltonWhen his wife leaves for a vacation, a man gets into trouble when he gets romantically involved with a nightclub singer who tricks him into thinking he's committed a serious crime.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsAlex NicolVeronica HurstClifford EvansSteve and Harry become involved in an art theft. Harry is framed by the crooks, and arrested by the police. Steve has to prove his brother's innocence.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsLarry ParksConstance SmithLisa DanielyOn the first night of his London assignment, news agency reporter John Desmond becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when she is shot struggling for a gun she has pulled on him. This is only the start of his troubles, as Anna worked for a criminal organisation who know Desmond has now got her valuable contacts list.
- DirectorC.M. Pennington-RichardsStarsJeff MorrowHazel CourtAnthony DawsonAn American journalist solves the mystery of an unpleasant columnist's murder and clears his own wife, one of the many suspects.
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsAlex NicolAnne PaigeMary Laura WoodIn a sleepy village, a young composer is found shot dead and a woman is found gassed.
- DirectorC.M. Pennington-RichardsStarsJohn IrelandDerek BondLeslie DwyerTwo swimmers are attempting to swim across the English Channel when one of them disappears. The other swimmer is convinced that it was no accident, and insists on investigating himself, even though the police do not believe him.