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Wikipedia article
'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. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.Wood p.94
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"; 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."
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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