Dead Ringers (1988)

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Cast: Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas

Running Time: 115 min.

Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller

Rating: R

Synopsis: Though he's most famous for his portrayal of Victor Laszlo in 1942's Casablanca, actor Paul Henreid took a few turns behind the camera as evidenced by this 1964 thriller starring Bette Davis as twins Margaret DeLorca and Edith Phillips. After landing the beau they both sought after by falsely claiming she was pregnant, Margaret lives a life of luxury as the wife of a wealthy man. Now, 20 years later, a broke and lonely Edith has returned for revenge. After killing the recently widowed Margaret, Edith assumes her identity with plans of living the life she feels she's deserved all along. But in order to pull it off, she'll have to play the role of Margaret connivingly enough to fool her servants as well as a local playboy and the police. Dead Ringer was remade in 1986 as Killer in the Mirror, a made-for-television movie starring Ann Jillian.~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

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Dead Ringers (1988)

BhopalHouse: @monadarling Watched Dead Ringers last month, then watched Keira Knightley being spanked by Dr Jung last night. Can't be same director...!
claireherting: Watching Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. I laughed when I saw that "Barbara Gordon" is in it. #nerdhumor
fightwithdogma: @tf2stats Saw some strange dead ringers, can you scan it?
leasko: @TimeOutFilm I saw David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers on a first date. Turned out to be our only date, as I liked the film & he was horrified.
marvelzombiek: just watched the cronenberg film Dead Ringers. Creepy as hell. Jeremy Irons gives an amazing double performance as twins