A Stolen Life (1946)
7/10
enjoyable despite the MANY silly plot holes
8 August 2005
Warning: Spoilers
This is a very unintentionally silly Bette Davis movie. The plot involves two identical twins--one evil and selfish, the other sweet and somewhat bland. The sweet one falls for a MUCH younger man played by Glenn Ford. Well, the evil twin being evil, she steals Ford and marries him herself--just to hurt her sister! Later, the evil one is swimming in the ocean and drowns. The younger one is the first to the scene and decides to take the place of the evil twin and be married to Ford! What happens next, you'll need to see for yourself.

Okay, I KNOW that the identical twin thing is a MAJOR Hollywood cliché and the plot is silly. But, somehow it works and is worth watching. Of course it's not one of Davis' best films, but considering her amazing talent she was able to breath life into this moribund script.
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