A man is found murdered, with witnesses convinced about the woman they saw leaving his apartment. However, it becomes apparent that the woman has a twin, and finding out which one is the killer seems impossible.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Olivia de Havilland | ... | Terry Collins / Ruth Collins | |
| Lew Ayres | ... | Dr. Scott Elliott | |
| Thomas Mitchell | ... | Police Lt. Stevenson | |
| Richard Long | ... | Rusty | |
| Charles Evans | ... | Dist. Atty. Girard | |
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Garry Owen | ... | Franklin (as Gary Owen) |
| Lela Bliss | ... | Mrs. Didriksen | |
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A woman suspected of murdering her doctor boyfriend has an identical twin sister. When both twins have an alibi for the night of the murder, a psychiatrist is called in to assist a detective in solving the case. Through a series of tests, he discovers which twin actually committed the crime and in the course of his investigation he falls in love with the normal twin. Written by Neil Doyle <Doylenf@msn.com>
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same actress playing twin role | one actress for twin sisters | actress playing multiple roles | evil twin | black and white |Taglines:
To Know Her Is To Love her! To Love Her Is To Die! See more »Parents Guide:
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1947 (Turkey) See more »Also Known As:
Der schwarze Spiegel See more »Filming Locations:
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Music by Johannes Brahms (uncredited)
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Although the name pendants, monogram dressing gowns and brooches are swapped for plot purposes, Terry is consistently left-handed and is the only one who smokes. See more »Goofs
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Symphony No. 4 in Em (1st movement), Opus 98Music by Johannes Brahms (uncredited)
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A man is murdered, and a woman called Ruth Collins is seen at the scene of the crime.The case gets tricky, when is found out that Ruth has a twin sister, Terry.They both have to then go see a psychiatrist, Dr.Scott Elliott.The doc falls for the normal sister, but which is which? The other one of them is capable of committing a cold blooded murder, but which one? Robert Siodmak's Film-Noir The Dark Mirror (1946) takes some Freudian turns as it goes on.Olivia de Havilland shines in a dual role.She's terrific as the psychotic sister as well as the normal one.Lew Ayres is great as the Shrink.Character actor Thomas Mitchell does very fine job as Lt.Stevenson.This movie was very fascinating to watch.It gave some challenge finding out which one did it.60 years has done no harm to this film.