Movie
Dead Ringers
Overview
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-09-23
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mantle Clinic II, Téléfilm Canada, Morgan Creek Entertainment
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeremy Irons as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
- Geneviève Bujold as Claire Niveau
- Heidi von Palleske as Cary
- Barbara Gordon as Danuta
- Shirley Douglas as Laura
- Stephen Lack as Wolleck / Anders Wolleck
- Nick Nichols as Leo
- Lynne Cormack as Arlene
- Damir Andrei as Birchall
- Miriam Newhouse as Mrs. Bookman
- David Hughes as Superintendent
- Richard W. Farrell as Dean of Medicine
Crew
- David Cronenberg - Director
- Norman Snider - Writer
- David Cronenberg - Writer
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