{{Short description|1937 British film by John Paddy Carstairs}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Double Exposures | image = Double_Exposures_film_Opening_titles_(1937).png | caption = | director = John Paddy Carstairs | producer = George King | writer = Gerald Elliott | starring = {{ubl|David Langton|Julien Mitchell|Ruby Miller}} | music = Jack Beaver | cinematography = Hone Glendinning | editing = John Seabourne Sr. | studio = George King Productions (as Triangle Film Productions) | distributor = Paramount British Pictures (U.K.) | released = {{Film date|1937|05|}} | runtime = 67 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''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.<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Double Exposures |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150018481 |access-date=19 October 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9265c3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201082252/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9265c3|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2016|title=Double Exposures (1937)}}</ref> It was written by Gerald Elliott, and made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wood |first=Linda |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-british-films-1927-1939.pdf |title=British Films, 1927–1939 |publisher=British Film Institute |year=1986 |pages=94}}</ref>
==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."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1937 |title=Double Exposures |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305801537 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=4 |issue=37 |pages=97 |id={{ProQuest|1305801537}} |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
''TV Guide'' called the film a "Negligible British effort".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Double Exposures |url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/double-exposures/review/113321/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201081518/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/double-exposures/review/113321/ |archive-date=1 December 2016 |website=TV Guide}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0028803}}
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Category:1937 films Category:British crime films Category:1937 crime films Category:Films shot at Shepperton Studios Category:Films directed by John Paddy Carstairs Category:Films set in England Category:Quota quickies Category:Films scored by Jack Beaver Category:British black-and-white films Category:1937 English-language films Category:1937 British films Category:English-language crime films