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Tempean Films were a British film production company formed in 1948 by Robert Baker and Monty Berman. Tempean's output of B movies were distributed by Eros Films. The company later moved into television, adapting Leslie Charteris' series of The Saint novels, starring Roger Moore.
The company produced several of its features at Southall Studios in Middlesex including both The Trollenberg Terror television series in 1956 and the film version in 1958, which was Southall Studio's final production.
John Gilling directed many of Tempean's features.
Filmography of Tempean Films (16 films)
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The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
, 1h37Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence, George Rose, Billie Whitelaw, Dermot Walsh
In 1828 Edinburgh, Scotland, Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing) is a highly skilled anatomist who draws large crowds of medical students to his lectures on the human body. Though he is constantly at odds with his stuffy, backwards colleagues, he is highly venerated by his students and believes his duty is to push the medical profession forward. Unfortunately, due to the laws of the time very few cadavers are legally available to the medical profession, necessitating the use of graverobbers or "Resurrection men" to procure additional specimens. Dr. Knox's assistant Dr. Mitchell (Dermot Walsh) and a young student named Jackson (John Cairney) and are given the task of buying the bodies, which are worth a small fortune... especially when fresh.
Jack the Ripper (1959)
, 1h24Directed by Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Historical, Crime
Actors Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, John Le Mesurier, Ewen Solon, Garard Green, George Rose
In 1888, Jack the Ripper is on his killing spree. Scotland Yard Inspector O'Neill (Byrne) welcomes a visit from his old friend New York City detective Sam Lowry (Patterson) who agrees to assist with the investigation. Sam becomes attracted to modern woman Anne Ford (McDowall) but her guardian, Dr. Tranter (Le Mesurier) doesn't approve. The police slowly close in the killer as the public becomes more alarmed. The killer's identity is revealed and he meets a ghastly end.
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
, 1h27Directed by Henry Cass
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Donald Wolfit, Barbara Shelley, Vincent Ball, Victor Maddern, Andrew Faulds, George Murcell
Transylvania in the 19th century. A young doctor John Pierre (Vincent Ball) and his fiancee Madeleine Duval (Barbara Shelley) are terrorized by Dr. Callistratus (Donald Wolfit) who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his mute and hunchback assistant Carl (Victor Maddern), who is now fallen in love with Madeleine, the 'anemic' mad scientist, believed to be a vampire, conducts blood deficiency research on the inmates of a prison hospital for the criminally insane to sustain his return to life.
The Trollenberg Terror (1958)
, 1h24Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Giant monster films, Musical films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro, Warren Mitchell, Andrew Faulds
On a Swiss mountain, one of three student climbers is killed, his head ripped from his body. Two sisters, a London mind-reading act, are traveling by train to Geneva when one of them, Anne Pilgrim (Janet Munro), faints as they pass the same mountain. Upon waking, she knows that there is something very wrong, so she decides they should get off at the very next stop, Trollenberg.
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
, 1h20Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Pat O'Brien, Lois Maxwell, George Coulouris, Wensley Pithey, Tommy Steele, Ronald Adam
After suffering a series of personal setbacks and in desperate need of cash, reporter Bart Crosbie tries to get his old job back. But when he returns to the newspaper offices, Crosbie discovers that his former boss has been murdered. He is then offered money by the killer, a diamond smuggler, to take the murder rap.
Hour of Decision (1957)
, 1h21Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Jeff Morrow, Hazel Court, Anthony Dawson, Lionel Jeffries, Vanda Godsell, Garard Green
The British wife of an American journalist begins receiving letters blackmailing her over a love affair. Suspicion points to her when the blackmailer is found murdered.
Tiger by the Tail (1955)
, 1h20Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Dame Thora Hird, Donald Stewart, Cyril Chamberlain, Lisa Daniely
An American journalist works to expose a criminal gang in London. But his investigation of their counterfeiting activities leads to his kidnapping by the gang.
The Gilded Cage (1955)
, 1h17Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Alex Nicol, Veronica Hurst, Clifford Evans, Ursula Howells, Elwyn Brook-Jones, John Stuart
Two brothers become involved with criminals planning a major art heist only to be framed by them for the theft.
Impulse (1954)
, 1h21Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors John Arthur Kennedy, Constance Smith, Joy Shelton, Jack Allen, Cyril Chamberlain, Cameron Hall
Alan Curtis (Kennedy), an American real estate agent living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife Elizabeth (Shelton) is on a lengthy vacation visiting her mother, he gives a ride to sultry nightclubsinger Lila (Smith) when he finds her stranded on the road. When Curtis gets romantically involved with her Lila tells him that her brother has gotten in trouble over a jewel robbery. In truth, Lila desperately wants the stones for herself. She tricks the wayward Curtis into believing that he killed a man after he buys them two tickets out of the country. He then decides that it is better to face the music, and opts to stay and confess. Lila, too reconsiders, and decides to stay with him until his name is cleared. After the true killers are revealed Lila goes to jail as a participant in the robbery and Curtis returns to his wife, who forgives him.
Recoil (1953)
, 1h19Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Kieron Moore, Elizabeth Sellars, Edward Underdown, John Horsley, Robert Raglan, Martin Benson
When thieves rob and murder her jeweller father, Jean Talbot resolves to bring them to justice by posing as a criminal and infiltrating their gang. She builds up evidence against her father's murderer by pretending to be in love with him.
3 Steps to the Gallows (1953)
, 1h21Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Scott Brady, Mary Castle, Ferdy Mayne, Michael Balfour, Colin Tapley, Ballard Berkeley
Le commandant d'un cargo americain, Gregor Stevens, se rend a Londres afin de retrouver son frere, Larry, disparu depuis plusieurs mois. Il apprend que Larry a ete arrete et condamne a mort pour le meurtre d'un homme. Persuade de son innocence, Gregor mene son enquete pour le sauver.
Love in Pawn (1953)
, 1h22Directed by Charles Saunders
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Bernard Braden, Barbara Kelly, Jeannie Carson, John Laurie, Laurence Naismith, Avice Landone
The Frightened Man (1952)
Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Dermot Walsh, Barbara Murray, Charles Victor, Michael Ward, Dame Thora Hird, John Horsley
Junk dealer Roselli's dreams for his son Julius are disappointed when the young man is thrown out of Oxford after poor grades. The boy then gets involved with a gang of Camden Town jewel thieves for whom his father is secretly the fence, and when they attempt to rob a warehouse, Julius is injured in the getaway but continues his involvement. The gang next plan a raid on a jeweller’s in Hatton Garden and also plan to cut out Roselli. The old man tips off the police – unaware that his son is a member of the gang.
Blackout (1950)
, 1h18Directed by Robert S. Baker
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Dinah Sheridan, Kynaston Reeves, Maxwell Reed, Eric Pohlmann, Michael Brennan, Ronald Leigh-Hunt
An engineer Christopher Pelly (Maxwell Reed), loses his eyesight in an accident. He goes to London to have an eye operation. There he wants to go to his friends house but the taxi driver dropped him at the wrong house in Kensington. In the house three men had murdered a person with a knife and the corpse was lying on the floor. Pelly doesn't know that he is in the wrong house, and seeing that he is blind, the three murderers don't kill him. Pelly reported the incident to the police but the police were unable to find the dead body. When Pelly regains his eyesight after the operation he decides to solve the murder mystery.
Date With a Dream (1948)
, 55minutesOrigin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Terry-Thomas, Jeannie Carson, Wally Patch, Norman Wisdom, Sydney Bromley
When an Army concert party is disbanded after the war, they plan to meet up in a years time for a reunion. When they do they discover that all the various members aren't coping too well with civilian life. Jean, a singer who is staying in the same house as two of the ex-concert party members, suggests that the various members get back together to perform.