Double Exposures (also known as Alibi Breaker) is a 1937 British crime film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring David Langton, Julien Mitchell and Ruby Miller.[1][2] It was written by Gerald Elliott, and made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.[3]
Plot
Reporter Peter Bradfield is fired from his newspaper for failing to deliver an interview with big businessman Hector Rodman. 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 for the crime.
Cast
- David Langton as Peter Bradfield [credited as Basil Langton]
- 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
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The development of the story is always obvious and the direction and acting are poor. There is very little suspense and the humour is mainly unintentional."[4]
TV Guide called the film a "Negligible British effort".[5]
References
- ^ "Double Exposures". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Double Exposures (1937)". Archived from the original on 1 December 2016.
- ^ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939 (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 94.
- ^ "Double Exposures". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 4 (37): 97. 1 January 1937 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Double Exposures". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016.
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