Who is rex
| Movie | |
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| German title | Who is rex |
| Original title | Calling Paul Temple |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1948 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Maclean Rogers |
| script | Francis Durbridge , AR Rawlinson , Kathleen Butler |
| production | Ernest G. Roy |
| music | Percival Mackey |
| camera | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| cut | Ted Richards |
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Who is rex (Original title: Calling Paul Temple ) is a British crime film from 1948. It is the second of four feature films based on a Paul Temple radio play by Francis Durbridge . The film premiered in London on April 29, 1948. It was shown for the first time in Germany in January 1950 and in Austria in May 1950.
action
The police are desperately looking for the murderer of a number of wealthy women. Another young girl was murdered on the Canterbury Express. Paul Temple and his wife Steve have dinner at a club where the big star is the well-known singer Norma Rice. Suddenly her voice breaks and she sinks dead to the ground. Among the numerous guests is Sir Graham Forbes, department head at Scotland Yard, who asks Paul Temple to help him find the murderer. He always leaves a message with his victims in which he names himself "Rex". Inspector Crane is against hiring Temple because he doesn't care about private detectives. The hunt for the murderer leads the men on different tracks. There is the Girl in Gray who was in the club at the time of the murder and Wilfried Davies, a rather mysterious traveling salesman who was on the Canterbury Express at the time of the previous murder. The behavior of Dr. Kohima, an Egyptian nerve specialist who has hypnotic powers. Last but not least, suspicions are directed towards Mrs. Trevelyan, the doctor's secretary. One thing is becoming clear to all, the motive for all murders was extortion and all victims were patients Dr. Kohimas. Since Mrs. Trevelyan has access to her boss's medical file, the suspicion against her is all the more intensified when, during a visit to which she invited both of them to her apartment, Paul Temple and Steve saw an assassination attempt by an im at the last minute Chimney built in hell machine can escape. A new blackmail attempt is reported. Edward Lathom, a wealthy man in the West End of London, is asked by Rex to deposit a larger sum in the catacombs of the old monastery. According to the police's instructions, he apparently complies with the criminals' demands. Mrs. Trevelyan is caught trying to pick up the money from the eerie place. During police interrogation, she has a fit of hysteria and claims to be Rex and that Dr. Kohima, whom she loves, has nothing to do with the terrible events. When Dr. Kohima is confronted with her, he hypnotizes her so that she can no longer speak. When Paul and Steve Temple return to the catacombs after a mysterious phone call, they are almost victims of a malicious attack. At the last minute, however, they are saved by Leo Brent, a friend of Temple's. He observed Mr. Chester, the creepy manager of a hotel. Chester is killed and Sir Graham is happy that Rex has come to an end. But Temple disappoints him and promises to clarify the dark crimes by the next day. The next evening we find Dr. Kohima Paul and Steve Temple, Sir Graham Forbes and Inspector Crane and the circle of suspects. This consists of Dr. Kohima and Mrs. Trevelyan, Wilfried Davies and Edward Lathom. Temple locates “Rex” among them, but the real culprit escapes. Temple pursues and confronts him after a dramatic fight. "Rex" falls over a banister and dies.
The other Paul Temple films
- The Green Finger (1946)
- Hunt for "Z" (1950)
- Paul Temple and the Marquis Fall (1952)
Reviews
"Femicide, a mysterious stranger, a mysterious person, blackmail, assassination attempts, an eerie monastery at night:" Who is Rex? "Offers everything that Paul Temple fans love. High tension is guaranteed until the great detective gathers all suspects in the final scene and exposes one of them as a murderer. "
Others
John Bentley took over the role of Paul Temple from Anthony Hulme and played this until the end of the film series. The German dubbed version is considered lost, which is why a new German dubbed version was made for the DVD release in 2015. The feature film is based on the eight-part radio play Francis Durbridge's Send for Paul Temple Again from 1945. The author revised this slightly in 1967/1968 and brought it out again as Paul Temple and the Alex Affair . This was also set to music in Germany in 1968 as Paul Temple and the Alex case , with Paul Klinger.
DVD publications
The film was released by Renown Pictures in English-speaking countries in 2009, and in 2015 Pidax released a new dubbing that contains extensive bonus material (in addition to audio commentary, an interview with Francis Durbridge's son and a Paul Temple short story that has never been translated).
Web links
- Who is rex in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paul Temple and the Marquis case on the Francis Durbridge home page
- Trailer of the film