Double Exposure

An Iowa photographer who moves to New York to work for Flick. She is ambitious, resourceful, and adaptable, using wit to navigate a city that rewards sensational pictures. She fabricates a 'brother' to fend off Larry's advances, and becomes emotionally entangled with Ben and Larry, setting up a web of conflict.

Tarlock is a power-hungry publisher and fitness enthusiast who uses Pat to boost Flick's sales. He moves ruthlessly, assigning assignments and leveraging sensational images to manipulate readers and editors. He experiences guilt and complicity as the consequences of the fake murder scheme unfold, particularly Ben's death.

Larry is Tarlock's editor who initially wields control over Pat, fires a photographer, and becomes romantically involved with Pat's situation. He is ambitious, initially skeptical of Pat's integrity but later faces moral conflict over Ben's fate and the truth behind the photographs. His guilt and pursuit of the truth drive the investigation and the unraveling of the deception.

Pat's boyfriend who fakes her airplane photo, using deception to help her advance her career in New York. He follows Pat there and goes along with the ruse, showing loyalty but moral compromise. He dies after his ship is torpedoed, a consequence of the staged deception.

She is Sonny Tucker's wife, a socialite whose jealousy fuels the drama; Pat uses her vulnerability to generate sensational photos. She is killed as part of the plot, serving as the 'real' dead person that mirrors Pat's staged image.

A millionaire many times over, he contemplates divorcing Dolores to marry Pat. He is manipulative and protective of his reputation, and he is eventually identified as the killer of Dolores.