Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers

115 mins | Thriller, Horror | Sept. 23, 1988

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.

Dead Ringers

115 mins | Thriller, Horror | Sept. 23, 1988

Dead Ringers
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers 20th Century Fox, Téléfilm Canada, Morgan Creek Productions, Mantle Clinic II
Original title Dead Ringers
Directors Dug Rotstein, David Cronenberg
Writers Norman Snider, Jack Geasland, Bari Wood, David Cronenberg

Cast

Jeremy Irons

as Beverly / Elliot Mantle

Geneviève Bujold

as Claire Niveau

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

Warren Davis

as Anatomy Class Supervisor

Marsha Moreau

as Raffaella

Denis Akiyama

as Pharmacist

Dee McCafferty

as Surgeon

Jane Luk

as Lecture-Hall Nurse

Jill Hennessy

as Mimsy

David Cronenberg

as Obstetrician (uncredited)