Dead Ringer (1964)

A financially struggling woman (Bette Davis) attends the funeral of her wealthy twin sister's (Bette Davis) husband. Though they have been estranged for many years, the woman has never forgiven her twin for stealing the man she loved. She kills her sister and switches identities with her. But she soon discovers she may have walked into a trap she can't get out of. This enjoyable potboiler was Davis' follow up to her comeback film WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?. Davis had previously played good/bad twins in the 1946 A STOLEN LIFE which was coincidentally also shot by Ernest Haller who does the lensing honors here. Directed by her NOW VOYAGER co-star Paul Henreid, DEAD RINGER had previously been made as LA OTRA with Dolores Del Rio in Mexico in the 1940s. Davis seems to be having a field day playing the twin sisters and she's never less than mesmerizing to watch. It's a B&W film with a modest budget and has that early 1960s Warners TV look which isn't very appealing visually but somehow it adds to the "B" movie (in a good way) atmosphere. There's a knockout score by Andre Previn. With Karl Malden, Peter Lawford, Jean Hagen, Philip Carey, Estelle Winwood, George Macready and Cyril Delevanti.