---
title: 'Dead Ringers (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Cronenberg'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dead-ringers-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094964/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dead Ringers (1988)

1988 · 115 min · Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller · Canada


## Synopsis

Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological thriller film starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role as identical twin gynecologists. David Cronenberg directed, and co-wrote the screenplay with Norman Snider. Their script was based on the lives of Stewart and Cyril Marcus and on the novel Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland, a "highly fictionalized" version of the Marcuses' story.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Cronenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-cronenberg)
- **Screenplay:** [David Cronenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-cronenberg), [Bari Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/bari-wood), [Norman Snider](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-snider)
- **Producer:** [David Cronenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-cronenberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Shore](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-shore)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Suschitzky](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-suschitzky)
- **Editor:** [Ronald Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-sanders)

## Cast

- [David Cronenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-cronenberg)
- [Jeremy Irons](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-irons)
- [Stephen Lack](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-lack)
- [Geneviève Bujold](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-bujold)
- [Jacqueline Hennessy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-hennessy)
- [David Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hughes)
- [Jill Hennessy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-hennessy)
- [Shirley Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-douglas)
- [Barbara Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-gordon)

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