We report an experimental investigation on the effect of mutual diffusion in polymeric systems oil film drainage between two captive drops. The main objective is to Study the influence of diffuse interfaces oil film drainage. This is done by using material combinations with different interfacial properties and interferometric visualization of the film between two interacting, drops. For highly diffusive systems film drainage is observed to be, in contrast to immiscible systems, non-axisymmetric and unstable immediately after the film formation (at a few micrometers film thickness). Depending oil whether the total thickness of the diffusion layers in the film is smaller or larger than the thickness of the film, Marangoni Convection is found to enhance or delay film drainage. Enhanced film drainage is determined to be in order of 100 times faster than predicted by the Current models, while delayed film drainage is observed after a drainage period where experimental and predicted results (assuming, a partially mobile interface) are in close agreement. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.