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A Double Life is a 1947 American film noir that tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character whom he portrays.
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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. One night he meets waitress Pat Kroll in a distant bar and spends the night with the easy woman.
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
Brief Synopsis. An actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
- George Cukor, Frank Shaw
- Ronald Colman
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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. Thus, he can be alternately disarming and charming as well as ill-tempered and threatening. When John takes on the role of Shakespeare’s Othello, his devotion to the part results in the murder of a young waitress (played by Shelley Winters).
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•Studio: Universal Pictures
•Director: George Cukor
•Producer: Michael Kanin
•Writers: Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin
•Music: Miklos Rosza
•Running time: 104 minutes
•Ronald Colman (Anthony John)
•Signe Hasso (Brita)
•Edmond O’Brien (Bill Friend)
•Shelley Winters (Pat Kroll)
•Ray Collins (Victor Donlan)
•Philip Loeb (Max Lasker)
- Lee Pfeiffer
A Double Life. Highly regarded theater actor Anthony John (Ronald Colman) has a violent temper, which leads his actress wife, Brita (Signe Hasso), to leave him. When the two perform...
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A Double Life is a 1947 American film noir that tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character whom he portrays. It stars Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso and was directed by George Cukor, with its screenplay written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.
