Re-titled "Bombay Waterfront" for its American release (as the name Paul Temple meant little to US audiences), its earliest documented theatrical showing took place in San Francisco, CA, 8/28/53, supporting Houdini (1953) at the Paramount Theatre; however, exhibitors and audiences alike were equally unaware that it had already previously been premiered on television under its original UK title, "Paul Temple Returns," in Cleveland, OH, on 5/26/53 on WEWS (Channel 5).
Based on the BBC Radio serial "Paul Temple Intervenes" (broadcast over October to December 1942) by Francis Durbridge, which was novelized by the author in 1944.
John Bentley only narrowly managed to reprise the rôle of Paul Temple, having been busy overseas in Kenya shooting the later-released Men Against the Sun (1953).