''Double Exposures'' (A.K.A. ''Alibi Breaker'') is a 1937 British
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
John Paddy Carstairs and starring
David Langton,
Julien Mitchell and
Ruby Miller. It was made at
Shepperton Studios as a
quota quickie.
(David Langton is credited under the name Basil Langton, his birth name being Basil Muir Langton-Dodds. He later changed his acting name to David as there was another actor called Basil Langton.)
Plot
Reporter Peter Bradfield (David Langton under the name 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
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David Langton (under the name Basil Langton) as Peter Bradfield
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Julien Mitchell as Hector Rodman
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Ruby Miller as Mrs. Rodman
* Brian Buchel as Geoffrey Cranswick
* Mavis Clair as Jill Rodman
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Fred Withers as Allbutt
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Ivor Barnard as Mather
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George Astley
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* George (given name)
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* George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...
as George Rodman
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Frank Birch
Francis Lyall "Frank" Birch, (5 December 1889 – 14 February 1956) was a British cryptographer and actor. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.
During World War I, he served as a lieutenant commander with the R ...
as Kempton
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Denis Cowles
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* Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris
* Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure
* Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary
* Denis the Carthusian (1402–14 ...
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.
External links
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1937 films
British crime films
1937 crime films
Films shot at Shepperton Studios
Films directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Films set in England
Quota quickies
Films scored by Jack Beaver
British black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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