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Directed by
  
John Paddy Carstairs

Written by
  
Gerald Elliott

Cinematography
  
Hone Glendinning

Produced by
  
George King

Music by
  
Jack Beaver

Starring
  
Basil LangtonJulien MitchellRuby Miller

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.

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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. Unbeknownst 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

    Double Exposures Wikipedia
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