The Dark Mirror is a 1946 American psychological thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Olivia de Havilland as a pair of twins, and Lew Ayres as their psychiatrist. The film marks Ayres' return to motion pictures following his conscientious objection to service in World War II. De Havilland had begun to experiment with method acting at the time and insisted that everyone in the cast meet with a psychiatrist. The film anticipates producer/screenwriter Nunnally Johnson's psycho-docu-drama The Three Faces of Eve. Vladimir Pozner's original story on which the film is based was... nominated for an Academy Award. This psychological thriller tells the story of a pair of identical twins, one loving and nice and the other severely disturbed. A doctor is killed and witnesses identify one of the twins as the person seen having a quarrel with the victim shortly before his death. A detective investigating the case cannot determine which twin did the killing since each can provide an alibi for the other. The cops ask for assistance from a doctor who studies twins to help crack the case.
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| Release date: | October 18, 1946 |
| Directed by: | Robert Siodmak |
| Runtime: | 85 Minutes |
| Producer: | Nunnally Johnson |
| Music by: | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography: | Milton R. Krasner |
| Screenplay by: | Nunnally Johnson, Vladimir Pozner |