Dead Ringer

Dead Ringer

1964 | 1h 59m | Drama, Crime | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Twenty years ago, twins Edith and Margaret both loved the same man. Margaret won the competition when she falsely claimed to be pregnant. Now Edith, envious of her recently widowed sister's life and wealth, murders Margaret and assumes her identity.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Paul Henreid

CAST

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Karl Malden

Karl Malden

Monika Henreid

Peter Lawford

Philip Carey

PRODUCERS

William H. Wright

WRITERS

Albert Beich

Oscar Millard

Host Intros

01:48
Alicia Malone Intro -- Dead Ringer (1964)
Intro Aired: Dec 2019
TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Dead Ringer, 1964.

Related Videos

03:53
Dead Ringer (1964) -- (Movie Clip) I Forgot How To Spell The Name
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Bette Davis is formerly down-and-out Edie, successfully having taken the place of her wealthy enemy twin-sister Margaret, whom she murdered, at her first society event, friend Dede (Jean Hagen) bringing her to Tony (Peter Lawford), about whom she knows nothing, in Dead Ringer, 1964.
03:00
Dead Ringer (1964) -- (Movie Clip) I Want To Hear All About You
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Immediately from director Paul Henreids credit, at the Rosedale Cemetery southwest of downtown Los Angeles, Bette Davis off a bus to a funeral, where she meets a veiled person who seems to have the same voice, in Dead Ringer, 1964, co-starring Karl Malden and Peter Lawford.
03:53
Dead Ringer (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Money's No Object
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Trick shots from director Paul Henried, directing two Bette Davises, as newly-acquainted long-estranged twin sisters, financially stressed Edie having lured wealthy Margaret to her home, making her confess to stealing her now-deceased husband, her scheme revealed, in Dead Ringer, 1964.
03:16
Dead Ringer (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Thank God That's Over
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Comments and voices have suggested that Edie, whom weve met, and her veiled companion, are both Bette Davis, the former brought home by the latter from what we learn was her husbands funeral, with further exposition, early in Dead Ringer, 1964, directed by Paul Henreid.
Dead Ringer - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Bette Davis vs. her evil twin in Dead Ringer (1964), a thriller directed by her former Now, Voyager co-star Paul Henreid.

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