A Double Life

A Double Life (1947)

  • 71% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 61% of users liked it
    (1,492 ratings)

Ronald Colman won an Academy Award for his portrayal of an off-the-beam actor in A Double Life. A beloved stage star, Anthony John (Colman), has problems with his private life due to his unpredictable outbursts of temper. This trait has already cost him his wife, Brita (Signe Hasso), and threatens… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1947 Wide
Universal Studios Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    It was the role of a lifetime, for any actor, but Colman got it, and he nailed it. He won an Oscar and a Golden Globe, and he deserved them.

  • Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant Magazine

    A Double Life can be best summed up by paraphrasing Charles Laughton: "Real actors give you an oil painting, but method actors give you a photograph...of MURDER."

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    Colman faz um belo trabalho como o perturbado ator que falha em separar realidade da ficção, mas Cukor e seus roteiristas se perde nos aspectos da produção que devem ao noir, tornando-a frágil e artificial.

  • Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television

    Subtle, well-directed drama.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Ronald Colman won a Best Actor Oscar for his ornate and hammy performance as an obsessed matinee-idol stage actor cracking up before our eyes.

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    An actor gets too involved in his roles and eventually looses himself in the role of Othello. Colman gives a great performance in this movie.

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