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Dilemma (Original title)The Man with Two Faces (Alternative title)
Date: 1962 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Peter Maxwell

Production company billing: ©1962. A.C.T. Films; [logo] Bryanston presents; an A.C.T. Films production; [end] made by A.C.T. Films Limited
Synopsis: A school teacher, troubled by the absence of his wife on his return home, finds a body in the bathroom of his house. Suspecting the worst he decides to get rid of it and manages to concrete it in the flooring of his house. When his wife returns he finds out his suspicions were unfounded...

Genre:
Thriller
Credits (35)
©: A.C.T. Films, An A.C.T. Films production: A.C.T. Films, Presents: Bryanston Films, Produced by: Ted Lloyd, Production Manager: John Draper, Production Supervisor: Ralph Bond, [Production Secretary]: Sally Hubbard, [1st Assistant Director]: Jimmy Komisarjevsky, [2nd Assistant Director]: Richard Coward, [3rd Assistant Director]: Tony Yates, Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith, Screenplay by: Peter Maxwell, Original Story by: Pip Baker, Jane Baker, Lighting Cameraman: Gerald Moss, Camera Operator: Peter Lambert, [Focus Puller]: Robin Higginson, [Clapper Loader]: Mike Evans, [Stills Photographer]: Douglas Luke, Editor: Tom Simpson, [1st Assistant Editor]: Philip Shaw, [Assistant Editor]: David Softley, Art Director: Wilfred Arnold, [Draughtsperson]: Raymonde Reilly, Wardrobe: Mary Gibson, Make-up: Bill Lodge, Hairdresser: Blanche Arden, [Laboratory]: The Rank Laboratories, Music Composed and Conducted by: William Davies, Sound Recordist: Syd Wiles, Sound System: RCA Sound System, [Boom Operator]: F.A. Tomlin, [Sound Camera Operator]: Dave Goghan, [Made] at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast (10)
Peter Halliday (Harry Barnes), Ingrid Hafner (Jean Barnes), Patricia Burke (Edna Jones), Joan Heath (Mrs Barnes), Patrick Jordan (Inspector Murray), Barbara Lott, William Sherwood, Arthur Hewlett (.), Alan Rolfe (Arthur Jones), Robert Dean (doctor)
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1962BFI identifier: N-41179
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteStock date: 1961BFI identifier: N-53119
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundStock date: 1962BFI identifier: N-53120
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film