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Twin Faces

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Twin Faces
Directed byLawrence Huntington
Written byGerald Elliott
Douglas Reekie
Produced byJ. Steven Edwards
StarringAnthony Ireland
Francesca Bahrle
Frank Birch
Paul Neville
Production
company
Premier Sound Films
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
August 1937
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Twin Faces, also known as Press Button B, is a 1937 British crime film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Anthony Ireland, Francesca Bahrle and Frank Birch. The film was made at Highbury Studios as a quota quickie for release by the Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures.[1]

Cast

  • Anthony Ireland as Jimmy the Climber
  • Francesca Bahrle as Judy Strangeways
  • Frank Birch as Ben Zwigi
  • Paul Neville as Cmdr. Strangeways
  • Victor Hagen as Inspector Coates
  • George Turner as Maurice
  • Ivan Wilmot as Levenstein
  • Frank Tickle as John Cedar

References

  1. ^ Wood p.97

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.