Four Sided Triangle
Year: 1953
Genre: Science Fiction, Romance
Studio: Hammer Film Productions
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Barbara Payton, James Hayter, Stephen Murray, John Van Eyssen, Percy Marmont, Kynaston Reeves
Crew: Malcolm Arnold (Original Music Composer), Alexander Paal (Producer), Terence Fisher (Director), Reginald H. Wyer (Director of Photography), Michael Carreras (Producer), Terence Fisher (Screenplay)
Runtime: 81 minutes
Release: May 25, 1953
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 13 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

For a while, this first Hammer sci-fi offering is actually quite interesting: two childhood friends develop a machine that can replicate anything - animal, vegetable, mineral - you name it. When "Robin" (John van Eyssen) marries their childhood friend "Lena" (Barbara Peyton) his co-developer, "Bill" (Stephen Murray) contrives to makes an identical version of his own whom he calls "Helen". Now the fly in his ointment is that "Helen" is too good a duplicate - unfortunately she loves his mate too - and so poor old "Bill" is faced with a real dilemma. The story is quite fun, but the acting is pretty mediocre and the dialogue a bit too staccato to keep the story flowing. The effects, such as they are, are a bit on the basic side too with sets that wobble and glow like an old edition of "Dr. Who". It's not terrible, and as a first effort in his genre from a studio far better versed in horror genres, is an ok watch from writer/director Terence Fisher.