''Twin Faces'', also known as ''Press Button B'', is a 1937 British
crime film
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directed by
Lawrence Huntington and starring
Anthony Ireland, Francesca Bahrle and
Frank Birch. The film was made at
Highbury Studios
The Highbury Studios were a British film studio located in Highbury, North London which operated from 1937 until 1956. The studios were constructed by the producer Maurice J. Wilson. During its early years, the studio was hired out to independent ...
as a
quota quickie for release by the
Hollywood
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studio
Paramount Pictures
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.
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Cast
*
Anthony Ireland as Jimmy the Climber
* Francesca Bahrle as Judy Strangeways
*
Frank Birch as Ben Zwigi
* Paul Neville as Cmdr. Strangeways
* Victor Hagen as Inspector Coates
* George Turner as Maurice
* Ivan Wilmot as Levenstein
* Frank Tickle as John Cedar
References
Bibliography
*Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''.
British Film Institute, 2007.
*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
British black-and-white films
1937 crime films
Films directed by Lawrence Huntington
Films shot at Highbury Studios
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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