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A Double Life

6.4NR

MovieDrama, Thriller19471h 44m

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

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A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

Directed by
George Cukor
Written by
Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Released
December 25, 1947
Runtime
1h 44m
Status
Released
Language
English
Countries
United States of America
Studios
Kanin Productions, Universal Pictures
  • Ronald ColmanAnthony John
  • Signe HassoBrita
  • Edmond O'BrienBill Friend
  • Shelley WintersPat Kroll
  • Ray CollinsVictor Donlan
  • Philip LoebMax Lasker
  • Millard MitchellAl Cooley
  • Joe SawyerPete Bonner
  • Charles La TorreStellini
  • Whit BissellDr. Stauffer
  • JJohn Drew ColtStage Manager
  • Peter M. ThompsonAsst. Stage Manager
  • EElizabeth DunneGladys
  • AAlan EdmistonRex
  • Art SmithWigmaker
  • Sid TomackWigmaker
  • Wilton GraffDr. Mervin
  • Harlan BriggsOscar Bernard
  • Claire CarletonWaitress
  • Betsy BlairGirl in Wig Shop
  • CinemaSerf★ 7July 7, 2022
    Ronald Coleman always did like playing either two parts, or one with a dual-personality - and he does the latter very well indeed here. If you've a basic knowledge of Shakespeare's "Othello" the that helps a bit as he portrays an actor "Tony" who, after many year playing the title role with ex-wife "Brita" (Signe Hasso) - who is also his wife "Desdemona" in the play - is really beginning to become delusional about wh…Read more

    Ronald Coleman always did like playing either two parts, or one with a dual-personality - and he does the latter very well indeed here. If you've a basic knowledge of Shakespeare's "Othello" the that helps a bit as he portrays an actor "Tony" who, after many year playing the title role with ex-wife "Brita" (Signe Hasso) - who is also his wife "Desdemona" in the play - is really beginning to become delusional about which existence is real... His distress isn't helped by meeting Shelley Winters "Pat" in a bar, they hook up but it isn't what he really wants. That is happiness with "Trina". When he asks her to re-marry him, she declines sending him into spiral of depression that has tragic consequences as he again descends in to his character - only it is "Pat" who suffers. There is an intensity about Colman here - his eyes, menacing; his almost schizophrenic character genuinely quite scary at times, and his Shakespearian on-stage effort decent - if not exactly Olivier - when required. All of this, coupled with strong contributions from Hasso and his friend "Bill" (Edmond O'Brien), who ends up perilously close to getting of the blame for the worst of his Colman's excesses, make for a compelling, expertly shot, story of split-personality gone, quite literally, mad! George Cukor keeps this tense and focussed, and Miklós Ròsza again provides a score that aides wonderfully with the atmosphere of the piece.

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