Temptation Harbour

Temptation Harbour is a British black and white crime/drama film, directed by Lance Comfort and released in 1947. It was adapted from Newhaven-Dieppe (also known as L'Homme de Londres or Affairs of Destiny), a novella by Georges Simenon. The film was made at Welwyn Studios, with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.

Temptation Harbour
Temptation Harbour
Directed byLance Comfort
Written byRodney Ackland, Frederick Gotfurt
Produced byVictor Skutezky
StarringRobert Newton, Simone Simon, William Hartnell
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byLito Carruthers
Music byMischa Spoliansky
Production
company
Distributed byPathe Pictures
Release dates
27 February 1947 United Kingdom
27 March 1949 (USA)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million[1] or £133,174[2]
Box office£132,235[3]

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)

Production

The film was based on Simenon's novella Affairs of Destiny, though the plot was restructured and the location was changed from France to England. The film 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]

See also

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