Double Exposures
Double Exposures (A.K.A. Alibi Breaker) is a 1937 British crime film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Basil Langton, Julien Mitchell and Ruby Miller.[1] It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.[2]
| Double Exposures | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Produced by | George King |
| Written by | Gerald Elliott |
| Starring | Basil Langton Julien Mitchell Ruby Miller |
| Music by | Jack Beaver |
| Cinematography | Hone Glendinning |
| Edited by | John Seabourne Sr. |
Production company | George King Productions (as Triangle Film Productions) |
| Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures (U.K.) |
Release date | May 1937 |
Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
Reporter Peter Bradfield (Basil Langton) is fired from his newspaper for failing to deliver an interview with big businessman Hector Rodman (Julien Mitchell). Plucky Bradfield subsequently becomes a photographic equipment salesman, and accidentally takes photos of two men in conversation. Unbeknown to him, these men are the businessmen's lawyer and his secretary, and are plotting to embezzle a fortune in bonds from Rodman, and planning to frame his workshy son George (George Astley) for the crime.
Cast
- Basil Langton as Peter Bradfield
- Julien Mitchell as Hector Rodman
- Ruby Miller as Mrs. Rodman
- Brian Buchel as Geoffrey Cranswick
- Mavis Clair as Jill Rodman
- Fred Withers as Allbutt
- Ivor Barnard as Mather
- George Astley as George Rodman
- Frank Birch as Kempton
- Denis Cowles as Police Inspector
Critical reception
TV Guide called the film a "Negligible British effort";[3] while Nineacre called it a "Cheap but cheerful film, mainly due to Langton who plays a flippant gadabout town that populated these sorts of film." [4]
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.