Send for Paul Temple
Date: 1946
Director: John Argyle
Production Company: Butcher's Film Service
Stars: Anthony Hulme, Joy Shelton, Tamara Desni, Jack Raine, Beatrice Varley, Hylton Allen, Maire O'Neill, Michael Golden
Location(s): Hertfordshire, Warwickshire
Region(s): Midlands, South East R-Z
Storyline:
Scotland Yard calls in novelist and amateur detective Paul Temple to help track down a gang of diamond robbers.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
Also known as ‘The Green Finger’ and ‘Mystery of the Green Finger’ (US Titles)
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A pair of Bandits drive into Derby to carry out a smash and grab raid . . . the seventh in as many weeks.
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The black saloon turns a corner and comes to a stop outside a jewellers before Dixie gets out and throws a house brick through the window. A studio set included for completeness.
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Reporter Steve Trent drives along the Evesham Road from London to see Paul Temple at his country house.
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Miss Trent arrives at Bramley Lodge to find that Mr. Temple isn't at home.
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As Steve Trent (Joy Shelton) turns to leave, Paul Temple (Anthony Hulme) draws up in his car with Sergeant Morrison (Norman Pierce).
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After learning that her bother Chief Inspector Harvey is dead, Paul invites Stevie to stay at Bramley Lodge from where the two go riding.
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On a hillside, Paul looks through binoculars at the Little General public house where he sees landlord Horace Daley releasing pigeons.
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Diana Thornley drives into Leamington Spa in readiness for the next jewellery raid. The junction of Parade, Regent Grove, Hamilton Terrace and Euston Place in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire with the Alderman Bright Memorial obelisk to the left.
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Panning left, the camera finds Queen Victoria’s statue on Parade with Regent Grove and Hamilton Terrace in the background.
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A corner is turned before Diana brings her car to a stand. The junction of Parade and Newbold Terrace with the Royal Pump Room in the left background.
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Diana looks up at a road sign.
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A Police Constable (Fred Nicholas) approaches Diana's car.
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As the Policeman tells Diana that she can't park here, a lorry speeds along the street before careering through the window of a jewellers. Looking north along The Parade in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire with Christchurch in the distance. The church was demolished in 1951.
- Capture 14
- 12 Oct 2025
The Little General public house at fictional Bramley, the clearest view of which is in this photograph held by Paul Temple during the film. The Beehive public house on Beehive Lane in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire located by Steve Randall which is also seen in 'Women Aren't Angels.
The sad sight of the former pub now, captured by Antony Blair.