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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.
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
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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 is a 1947 FILM NOlR which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays. It stars Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Shelley Winters and Edmond O'Brien. It is directed by George Cukor, with screenplay by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.
- 105 min
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. 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 together...
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- Crime, Drama
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.
