Double Exposure (1954 film)
{{Short description|1954 British film by John Gilling}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Double Exposure
| image =File:Double Exposure (1954 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = John Gilling
| producer = Robert S. Baker
Monty Berman
| writer = John Gilling
John Roddick
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|John Bentley|Rona Anderson|Garry Marsh}}
| music = John Lanchbery
| cinematography = Monty Berman
| editing = Margery Saunders
| studio = Kenilworth Film Productions
| distributor = General Film Distributors
| released ={{Film date|1954|03|29|df=yes}}
| runtime = 61 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Double Exposure is a 1954 British second feature ('B'){{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=87}} crime film directed by John Gilling and starring John Bentley, Rona Anderson and Garry Marsh.{{Cite web |title=Double Exposure |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150148995 |access-date=3 January 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} It was written by Gilling and John Roddick.
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
Production
The film was made at Southall Studios, with sets designed by Wilfred Arnold.
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."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1954 |title=Double Exposure |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305823453/6F7B9E3FD08B4645PQ/2 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=21 |issue=240 |pages=73 |via=ProQuest}}
Kine Weekly wrote: "A keen sense of humour artfully relieves tension and cloaks occasional inconsistencies. In a word the thumbnail thriller makes a favourable impresson."{{Cite journal |date=18 March 1954 |title=Double Exposure |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2732605480 |journal=Kine Weekly |volume=444 |issue=2438 |pages=17 |url-access=subscription |via=ProQuest}}
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Good premise but thriller becomes less convincing as it progresses."{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=B.T. Batsford Ltd. |year=1984 |isbn=0-7134-1874-5 |location=London |pages=304}}