# Double Exposures

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{{Short description|1937 British film by John Paddy Carstairs}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Double Exposures
| image          = Double_Exposures_film_Opening_titles_(1937).png
| caption        =
| director       = [John Paddy Carstairs](/source/John_Paddy_Carstairs)
| producer       = [George King](/source/George_King_(film_director))
| writer         = [Gerald Elliott](/source/Gerald_Elliott)
| starring       = {{ubl|[David Langton](/source/David_Langton)|[Julien Mitchell](/source/Julien_Mitchell)|[Ruby Miller](/source/Ruby_Miller_(actress))}}
| music          = [Jack Beaver](/source/Jack_Beaver)
| cinematography = [Hone Glendinning](/source/Hone_Glendinning)
| editing        = [John Seabourne Sr.](/source/John_Seabourne_Sr.)
| studio         = George King Productions (as Triangle Film Productions)
| distributor    = [Paramount British Pictures](/source/Paramount_British_Pictures) (U.K.)
| released       = {{Film date|1937|05|}}
| runtime        = 67 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = [English](/source/English_language)
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}
'''''Double Exposures''''' (also known as '''''Alibi Breaker''''') is a 1937 British [crime film](/source/crime_film) directed by [John Paddy Carstairs](/source/John_Paddy_Carstairs) and starring [David Langton](/source/David_Langton), [Julien Mitchell](/source/Julien_Mitchell) and [Ruby Miller](/source/Ruby_Miller_(actress)).<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](/source/Gerald_Elliott), and made at [Shepperton Studios](/source/Shepperton_Studios) as a [quota quickie](/source/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](/source/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](/source/David_Langton) as Peter Bradfield [credited as Basil Langton]
* [Julien Mitchell](/source/Julien_Mitchell) as Hector Rodman 
* [Ruby Miller](/source/Ruby_Miller_(actress)) as Mrs. Rodman 
* Brian Buchel as Geoffrey Cranswick 
* Mavis Clair as Jill Rodman 
* [Fred Withers](/source/Fred_Withers) as Allbutt 
* [Ivor Barnard](/source/Ivor_Barnard) as Mather
* [George Astley](/source/George_Astley) as  George Rodman 
* [Frank Birch](/source/Frank_Birch) as Kempton 
* [Denis Cowles](/source/Denis_Cowles) as Police Inspector

==Critical reception==
''[The Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/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](/source/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin) |volume=4 |issue=37 |pages=97 |id={{ProQuest|1305801537}} |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

''[TV Guide](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0028803}}

{{John Paddy Carstairs}}

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

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