A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends, the perfect triangle. But years later when Lena returns to her sleepy home the tone of the relationship changes and it is Robin she loves. Bill has discovered a method of duplication and decides to make an exact replica of the woman he cannot have... .with disastrous consequences for them all.
Acting
Barbara Payton's dual performance as two women, one broken heart
Practical Effects
Low-budget 1953 duplication effects that somehow still work
Direction
Terence Fisher before Hammer Horror, finding the dread in domesticity
Director
Terence Fisher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terence Fisher directed this just before revolutionizing Hammer Horror with Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula.
Barbara Payton's tragic real-life spiral into scandal and poverty eerily mirrors the film's themes of duplication and lost identity.
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