Dilemma (1962 British film)

Dilemma (also known as The Man with Two Faces) is a 1962 British crime thriller directed by Peter Maxwell, and starring Peter Halliday and Ingrid Hafner.^[1][2] It was written by Pip and Jane Baker.

Dilemma
Opening titles
Directed by	Peter Maxwell
Written by	Pip and Jane Baker
Starring	Peter Halliday Ingrid Hafner
Cinematography	Gerald Moss
Edited by	Tom Simpson
Music by	William Davies
Production company	ACT Films
Distributed by	Bryanston Films
Release date	19 August 1962 (1962-08-19) (UK)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

Schoolteacher Harry Barnes returns home from work on the eve of his second wedding anniversary to be told by his next-door neighbour Mrs Jones that a scream came from his house minutes earlier, and she saw his wife running from the house. Inside he finds a strange man dying in the bathroom.

Cast

• Peter Halliday as Harry Barnes
• Ingrid Hafner as Jean Barnes
• Patricia Burke as Edna Jones
• Joan Heath as Mrs. Barnes
• Patrick Jordan as Inspector Murray
• Barbara Lott as nun
• Arthur Hewlett as piano tuner
• William Sherwood as Mr Ridley
• Alan Rolfe as Arthur Jones
• Robert Dean as doctor

Reception

Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film wrote that Dilemma was: "a disaster that finally closed ACT films and tarnished its reputation for producing servicable works of modest quality," adding that "Dilemma never achieved theatrical production in Britain but was sold to television".^[3]