The Dark Mirror (1946) on Netflix
Approved19461h 25mCrimeDramaFilm-Noir
Frank Peralta is stabbed in his apartment, and two witnesses put his girlfriend, Terry Collins, at the scene. She has an alibi, and an identical twin, Ruth, who shares her job.
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- Netflix3.7/5
- IMDb7.0/106,427 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes78%
Plot summary
After Frank Peralta is found stabbed to death in his apartment, two witnesses place his girlfriend, Terry Collins, near the scene. Lieutenant Stevenson questions Terry, but she produces an alibi and witnesses. Terry has an identical twin, Ruth, and the sisters share a job and swap places when it suits them. Neither will say which of them holds the alibi, so Stevenson and the district attorney cannot prosecute. Stevenson turns to Dr. Scott Elliott, a specialist in the study of twins. Scott has crossed paths with the sisters at their workplace without being able to tell them apart, and asks to study each of them separately as research. They agree. Ruth worries that Scott could uncover Terry's presence at Peralta's flat that night. Terry, attracted to him, argues that they can keep the secret to keep seeing him.
Cast
- Jean Andrenas Girard's Secretary (uncredited)
- Marta Mitrovichas Miss Beade (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Dark Mirror (1946)
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- Olivia de Havilland, playing the twin sisters in The Dark Mirror, had begun experimenting with method acting and insisted that everyone in the cast meet with a psychiatrist.
- Bank of America repossessed The Dark Mirror from its producers, taking the film away from the people who had made it.
- Lew Ayres, who plays the psychiatrist in The Dark Mirror, returned to motion pictures with the film after his conscientious objection to service in World War II.
