Temptation Harbour

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 date
  • 27 February 1947 (1947-02-27) (UK)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million[1] or £133,174[2]
Box office£132,235[3]

Temptation Harbour is a 1947 British black and white crime/drama film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring Robert Newton, Simone Simon and William Hartnell.[4] It was adapted by Rodney Ackland and Frederick Gotfurt from Newhaven-Dieppe (also known as L'Homme de Londres or Affairs of Destiny), the 1933 novella by Georges Simenon.

  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. ^ "Temptation Harbour". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 December 2023.