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A Double Life (1947) - Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more...
A Double Life: Directed by George Cukor. With Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien, Shelley Winters. A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- George Cukor
- 1948-04-01
A Double Life is a 1947 American film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays. It stars Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso. It is directed by George Cukor, with screenplay by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.
A Double Life flirts with conventions of film noir while conjuring up an utterly convincing deranged killer -- who also happens to be an admired 'great man' of the theater. After playing mostly inspirational and heroic figures for 24 years Ronald Colman earned his only Oscar for his bravura performance.
- George Cukor, Frank Shaw
- Ronald Colman
A Double Life, American drama film, released in 1947, that is notable for Ronald Colman ’s Academy Award -winning portrayal of an unstable stage actor. Colman played Anthony John, an acclaimed star of the theatre who takes on the persona of the role he is currently playing.
- Lee Pfeiffer
The successful middle-aged Broadway actor Anthony "Tony" John is a dedicated, lonely professional who still loves his former wife Brita. After portraying Othello for almost two years, Tony has a breakdown, losing his sense of reality and confusing his identity with that of his character.
In George Cukor's noirish, spell-binding melodrama about an unpredictable stage actor overly-involved and influenced by his character roles (and leading a double life): the amazing soliloquy (partly in voice-over) delivered by popular Broadway matinee actor Anthony John (Oscar-winning Ronald Colman) to his ex-wife Brita (Signe Hasso), first off ...
