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The Dark Mirror

  • 7.1 /10

  • 102

  • 78%

Plot

A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

Cast

Olivia de Havilland as Terry / Ruth Collins
Olivia de Havilland

as Terry / Ruth Collins

Lew Ayres as Dr. Scott Elliott
Lew Ayres

as Dr. Scott Elliott

Thomas Mitchell as Lt. Stevenson
Thomas Mitchell

as Lt. Stevenson

Richard Long as Rusty
Richard Long

as Rusty

Charles Evans as Dist. Atty. Girard
Charles Evans

as Dist. Atty. Girard

Garry Owen as Franklin
Garry Owen

as Franklin

Lela Bliss as Mrs. Didriksen
Lela Bliss

as Mrs. Didriksen

Lester Allen as George Benson
Lester Allen

as George Benson

Bess Flowers as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Bess Flowers

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Ida Moore as Mrs. O'Brien (uncredited)
Ida Moore

as Mrs. O'Brien (uncredited)

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • October 17, 1946

Production Companies

  • International Pictures (I)

  • Nunnally Johnson Productions

  • Universal Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Español

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.42 hrs

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Lemon Drops and Dopplegangers. The Dark Mirror is directed by Robert Siodmak and adapted to screenplay by Nunnally Johnson from a story by Vladimir Pozner. It stars Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell, Richard Long and Charles Evans. Music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Milton Krasner. A man appears to have been murdered by one of the identical twin Collins sister…

This is one of those films that you really have to pay close attention to - otherwise you can miss the nuances and menace created by the super performance from Olivia de Havilland - who plays two twins - in this whodunit with lots of twists. When "Dr. Petralta" is found stabbed through his heart - witnesses swear to policeman Thomas Mitchell ("Lt. Stevenson") that they saw "Ruth" leave his apartm…