Double Exposure (1954 film)

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Double Exposure
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Directed by John Gilling
Written byJohn Gilling
John Roddick
Produced by Robert S. Baker
Monty Berman
Starring
Cinematography Monty Berman
Edited by Margery Saunders
Music by John Lanchbery
Production
company
Kenilworth Film Productions
Distributed by General Film Distributors
Release date
  • 29 March 1954 (1954-03-29)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

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.

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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]

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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.

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