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A Double Life
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
- Original title
- A Double Life
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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Jul 7, 2022 · via TMDB
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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Ronald Colman
Anthony John
Signe Hasso
Brita
Edmond O'Brien
Bill Friend
Shelley Winters
Pat Kroll
Ray Collins
Victor Donlan
Philip Loeb
Max Lasker
Millard Mitchell
Al Cooley
Joe Sawyer
Pete Bonner
Charles La Torre
Stellini
Whit Bissell
Dr. Stauffer
Peter M. Thompson
Asst. Stage Manager
Art Smith
Wigmaker
Sid Tomack
Wigmaker
Wilton Graff
Dr. Mervin
Harlan Briggs
Oscar Bernard
Claire Carleton
Waitress
Betsy Blair
Girl in Wig Shop
Janet Warren
Girl in Wig Shop
Marjorie Woodworth
Girl in Wig Shop
Guy Bates Post
Actor in "Othello"
Fay Kanin
Actress in "Othello"
David Bond
Actor in "Othello"
Arthur Gould-Porter
Actor in "Othello"
Frederick Worlock
Actor in "Othello"
Virginia Patton
Actress in "Othello"
Boyd Irwin
Actor in "Othello"
Thayer Roberts
Actor in "Othello"
Elliott Reid
Actor in "A Gentleman's Gentleman"
Mary Young
Actress in "A Gentleman's Gentleman"
Georgia Caine
Actress in "A Gentleman's Gentleman"
William Bailey
Detective (uncredited)
Harry Bannister
Second Actor (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Joe (Landlady's Husband) (uncredited)
Paddy Chayefsky
Photographer (uncredited)
Angela Clarke
Lucy (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Second Bartender (uncredited)
Curt Conway
Reporter (uncredited)
Russ Conway
Reporter (uncredited)
Nick Dennis
Stagehand (uncredited)
John Derek
Police Stenographer (uncredited)
George Douglas
Audience Member (uncredited)
Fernanda Eliscu
Landlady (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Party Guest (uncredited)
Maude Fealy
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Theater Patron (uncredited)
Thomas Gomez
Cassio (voice) (uncredited)
Beatrice Gray
—
Charles Jordan
—
Robert Emmett Keane
—
Hazel Keener
—
Elmo Lincoln
—
Kathy Marlowe
—
Joyce Mathews
—
Walter McGrail
—
Carl Milletaire
—
Howard M. Mitchell
—
Jack Perrin
—
Joey Ray
Boyer (uncredited)
Frank Richards
—
Buddy Roosevelt
—
Sarah Selby
—
Pietro Sosso
—
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
George Cukor
Director
Robert Parrish
Editor
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Garson Kanin
Screenplay
Ruth Gordon
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