
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962)
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.


“What Bette Davis does to Bette Davis and to Karl Malden and Peter Lawford in DEAD RINGER is just what "Baby Jane" people will adore!”
The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.

Bette Davis
Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips

Karl Malden
Sergeant Jim Hobbson

Peter Lawford
Tony Collins

Philip Carey
Sergeant Hoag

Jean Hagen
Dede Marshall

George Macready
Paul Harrison

Estelle Winwood
Dona Anna

George Chandler
George, Chauffeur
Mario Alcalde
Garcia

Cyril Delevanti
Henry, the Butler
Dead Ringer is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1964 exploring themes of twin sister, twins, hagsploitation. Directed by Paul Henreid, it stars Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford. The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.
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