Temptation Harbour

Temptation Harbour
Temptation Harbour
	Temptation Harbour
Directed by	Lance Comfort
Written by	Rodney Ackland, Frederick Gotfurt
Produced by	Victor Skutezky
Starring	Robert Newton, Simone Simon, William Hartnell
Cinematography	Otto Heller
Edited by	Lito Carruthers
Music by	Mischa Spoliansky
Production; company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Pathe Pictures
Release dates	27 February 1947 United Kingdom; 27 March 1949 (USA)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$1 million or £133,174
Box office	£132,235

Temptation Harbour is a British black and white crime/drama film directed by Lance Comfort, released in 1947 based on the novel Newhaven-Dieppe (L'Homme de Londres) by Georges Simenon. The film was made at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.

Synopsis

A signalman on a quay sees a fight between two men. One of the men is deliberately pushed into the water and the signalman cannot save him, but he decides to keep his suitcase, which he later finds is full of banknotes with a value of £5000.^[4]

Cast list

(in credit order)

Robert Newton as Bert Mallinson
Simone Simon as Camelia
William Hartnell as Jim Brown
Marcel Dalio as Inspector Dupré
Margaret Barton as Betty Mallinson
Edward Rigby as Tatem
Joan Hopkins as Beryl Brown
Kathleen Harrison as Mabel
Leslie Dwyer as Reg
Charles Victor as Gowshall
Irene Handl as Mrs Gowshall
Wylie Watson as Fred
John Salew as CID Inspector
George Woodbridge as Mr Frost
Kathleen Boutall as Mrs Frost

Production

The film was based on Simenon's novella Affairs of Destiny which was restructured and relocated from France to England. The movie was a commercial success.^[5]

Reception

As of 1 April 1950 the film earned distributor's gross receipts of £106,226 in the UK of which £72,026 went to the producer.^[2]

References

^ "Sabu to Star in Rank's Big Tinter". Variety. 8 May 1946. p. 14.
^ ^a ^b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 355.
^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p485
^ British Film Institute accessed 08/01/08
^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 76.

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[1] "Sabu to Star in Rank's Big Tinter". Variety. 8 May 1946. p. 14.

[money-2] Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 355.

[3] Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p485

[4] British Film Institute accessed 08/01/08

[sue-5] Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 76.

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