Double Exposure (1954 film)

1954 British film by John Gilling

  • John Bentley
  • Rona Anderson
  • Garry Marsh
CinematographyMonty BermanEdited byMargery SaundersMusic byJohn Lanchbery
Production
company
Kenilworth Film Productions
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 29 March 1954 (1954-03-29)
Running time
61 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Double Exposure is a 1954 British crime film directed by John Gilling and starring John Bentley, Rona Anderson and Garry Marsh.[1] It was made at Southall Studios as a second feature.[2] The film's sets were designed by Wilfred Arnold.

Cast

  • John Bentley as Pete Fleming
  • Rona Anderson as Barbara Leyland
  • Garry Marsh as Beaumont
  • Alexander Gauge as Denis Clayton
  • Ingeborg von Kusserow as Maxine Golder
  • John Horsley as Lamport
  • Doris Hare as Woman Police Sergeant
  • Eric Berry
  • Frank Forsyth as Inspector Grayle
  • Ronan O'Casey as Trickson
  • Alan Robinson
  • Ryck Rydon as Trixon
  • Sally Newton
  • Rita Webb as Flower seller

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Formula thriller, which opens promisingly but becomes less exciting as it progresses; attempts at comedy, in the dialogue between Fleming and his partner, Beaumont, are rather heavy-handed."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Horror Hospital". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ^ Chibnall & MacFarlane p.291
  3. ^ "Double Exposure". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 21 (240): 73. 1 January 1954 – via ProQuest.

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

  • Double Exposure at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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