The Dark Mirror

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 Collins / Ruth Collins

Lew Ayres

as Dr. Scott Elliott

Thomas Mitchell

as Lt. Stevenson

Richard Long

as Rusty

Charles Evans

as Dist. Atty. Girard

Garry Owen

as Franklin

Lela Bliss

as Mrs. Didriksen

Lester Allen

as George Benson

Bess Flowers

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Ida Moore

as Mrs. O'Brien (uncredited)

Reviews

John Chard

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 ...

CinemaSerf

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 - w...

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