The Dark Mirror

Oct 17, 1946

1h 25m

★ 6.9

Twins! One who loves... one who loves to Kill!

Overview

A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

International Pictures (I)

Nunnally Johnson Productions

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Terry Collins / Ruth Collins

Olivia de Havilland

Dr. Scott Elliott

Lew Ayres

Lt. Stevenson

Thomas Mitchell

Rusty

Richard Long

Dist. Atty. Girard

Charles Evans

Franklin

Garry Owen

Mrs. Didriksen

Lela Bliss

George Benson

Lester Allen

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Mrs. O'Brien (uncredited)

Ida Moore

District attorney's secretary (uncredited)

Jean Andren

Miss Beade (uncredited)

Marta Mitrovich

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.

5.9

The Whistler

Mar 30, 1944

A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.

7.0

Underworld U.S.A.

Feb 22, 1961

A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.

5.9

Mysterious Intruder

Apr 11, 1946

A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.

5.9

Cause for Alarm!

Mar 30, 1951

A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

6.1

The Accused

Jan 12, 1949

A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.

6.1

If I Should Die Before I Wake

Mar 11, 1952

While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the neighborhood.

6.7

Green for Danger

Dec 7, 1946

In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?

5.6

Experiment Perilous

Dec 18, 1944

In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.

6.0

Strange Impersonation

Mar 16, 1946

A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.

6.8

Road House

Sep 22, 1948

A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.

7.5

Stray Dog

Oct 17, 1949

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

5.2

A Lady Without Passport

Aug 3, 1950

An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.

5.5

The Pretender

Aug 11, 1947

Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress. The girl is already engaged, so he arranges to have the fiance killed. A mix up involving the society section of the newspaper places him in the sights of his own hired gun.

5.8

Backfire

Jan 26, 1950

When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.

5.5

The House Across the Lake

Apr 16, 1954

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.

6.1

The Strange Woman

Oct 25, 1946

In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.

6.0

Black Tuesday

Dec 31, 1954

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.

6.6

His Kind of Woman

Aug 15, 1951

Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.