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Killer in the Mirror

  • TV Movie
  • 1986
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
114
YOUR RATING
Ann Jillian in Killer in the Mirror (1986)
CrimeDramaThriller

A woman's truly evil twin steals her sister's wealthy beloved and marries him. After his death, she fakes her own demise and returns from the "dead" to claim her sister's identity--and to fr... Read allA woman's truly evil twin steals her sister's wealthy beloved and marries him. After his death, she fakes her own demise and returns from the "dead" to claim her sister's identity--and to frame her for the murder of her husband.A woman's truly evil twin steals her sister's wealthy beloved and marries him. After his death, she fakes her own demise and returns from the "dead" to claim her sister's identity--and to frame her for the murder of her husband.

  • Director
    • Frank De Felitta
  • Writers
    • Frank De Felitta
    • Rian James
  • Stars
    • Ann Jillian
    • Len Cariou
    • Max Gail
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    114
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Frank De Felitta
    • Writers
      • Frank De Felitta
      • Rian James
    • Stars
      • Ann Jillian
      • Len Cariou
      • Max Gail
    • 3User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ann Jillian
    Ann Jillian
    • Samantha DeLorca…
    Len Cariou
    Len Cariou
    • Jason Howell
    Max Gail
    Max Gail
    • Jim Armbruster
    Allen Garfield
    Allen Garfield
    • Dist. Atty. Randall Hale
    Chris Noth
    Chris Noth
    • Johnny Mathews
    Jessica Walter
    Jessica Walter
    • Francesca DeLorca
    Philip Sterling
    Philip Sterling
    • Judge Alex W. Kessel
    Andra Akers
    • Stacey Courtney
    Parley Baer
    Parley Baer
    • Dr. Crane
    Eileen Barnett
    Eileen Barnett
    • Allison Moreland
    Joseph Chapman
    • Ben
    Barney Martin
    Barney Martin
    • Dr. Sloane
    Robin Pearson Rose
    Robin Pearson Rose
    • Samantha's maid
    David Ursin
    David Ursin
    • Michael
    Julian Christopher
    Julian Christopher
    • Det. Reiner
    • (as James Louis Watkins)
    Bill Zuckert
    Bill Zuckert
    • Mr. Wilkens
    Janice Carroll
    Angela Clarke
    Angela Clarke
    • Mrs. Wilkens
    • Director
      • Frank De Felitta
    • Writers
      • Frank De Felitta
      • Rian James
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    9helpless_dancer

    Twins. One nice, one a bitch.

    Very good drama concerning twins involved in a murder plot. One of the women wanted out of her marriage to a wealthy man so she devises an elaborate plan to make her identical twin the fallguy in his death. As the falsely accused woman tries to prove her innocence she runs into one dead end after another because her sister covered her own tracks with perfection. A thriller right down to the last frame. 5 stars.
    10lormost

    Killer in the Mirror is a take-off on 2 Bette Davis movies

    In the 1940s, Bette Davis made a movie called A Stolen Life with Glenn Ford, in which she played twin sisters. Kate was the kind, almost shy one,who met and fell in love with Glenn. Enter Pat, the twin who played around a bit. Pat takes Glenn for herself and marries him. The twins are out sailing together and during a storm Pat is knocked overboard and drowned. As Kate tries to grab her hand, Pat's wedding ring slips off her finger and Kate holds it tight and is knocked backward in the boat. She comes to and finds the ring on her own finger with everyone around calling her Pat, so she decides to play along so she can go home as Glenn's wife because she is still in love with him. It's a wonderful movie.

    Much later, possibly in the 60s or later, Bette made another twin movie called Dead Ringer. In this one, the poor sister lures her rich sister to her apartment, kills her and takes her place. 20 years before, the rich girl had stolen the other's boyfriend and married him and they had not seen each other since.

    Killer in the Mirror combines parts of both these movies but the twists and turns change it even more. Old movie fans will recognize the Bette Davis movies and begin think it is a remake of one of them until it seems to jump to the other. The name, DeLorca, came from the Dead Ringer movie.

    All of these are great movies, but I think Killer in the Mirror is more enjoyable if people have seen the other two first.

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    • Trivia
      Through a new process the twins were both able to appear next to each other and touch each other.
    • Connections
      Remake of La otra (1946)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 31, 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Des Teufels Spiegelbild
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Litke/Grossbart Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      • 2h(120 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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