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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 457

Man with Two Lives

194265 minUnited States

Thriller Horror

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: English
This copy runs: 62:39
Subtitles: English

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Synopsis

A young man dies in a road accident shortly after celebrating his engagement. A doctor's attempt to revive him succeeds at the moment a gangster is executed, but the restored body houses a different personality. His family welcomes the apparent miracle while the criminal uses his new identity to resume old business.

Cast

Edward Norris

Philip Bennett

Marlo Dwyer

Helen Lengel

Eleanor Lawson

Louise Hammond

Frederick Burton

Hobart Bennett

DirectorsPhil Rosen

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Edward Norris — 20th Century Fox (photo by Gene Kornman) · Public domain
Marlo Dwyer — TV episode screenshot (Republic Pictures) · Public domain

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