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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| Lew Ayres | ... |
Dr. Scott Elliott
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Police Lt. Stevenson
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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 <[email protected]>
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same actress playing twin role | one actress for twin sisters | actress playing multiple roles | evil twin | twins |Taglines:
Twins! One who loves... and one who loves to kill! See more »Certificate:
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1947 (Turkey) See more »Also Known As:
Der schwarze Spiegel See more »Filming Locations:
Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USACompany Credits
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Music by Johannes Brahms (uncredited)
[Playing on the radio in Dr. Elliott's apartment]
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"The Hedda Hopper Show - This Is Hollywood" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 11, 1947 with Lew Ayres and Olivia de Havilland reprising their film roles. See more »Goofs
The daytime overhead general shot of the police car arriving at the Medical Building with the witnesses gives the pedestrians opposite shadows to those of the vehicles. In the following mid shots the direction of light has changed again. See more »Soundtracks
Symphony No. 4 in Em (1st movement), Opus 98Music by Johannes Brahms (uncredited)
[Playing on the radio in Dr. Elliott's apartment]
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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.