La Otra is a 1946

1946 in film

The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*November 21 - William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell.*December 20 - Frank Capra's It's a...

 Mexican drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Roberto Gavaldón

Roberto Gavaldón

Roberto Gavaldón was a Mexican film director.Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico...

 and starring Dolores del Río

Dolores del Río

Dolores del Río was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood...

. The film inspired the movie Dead Ringer

Dead Ringer

Dead Ringer may refer to:* Dead Ringer , an 1981 album by Meat Loaf * Dead Ringer , a 1964 film starring Bette Davis, Peter Lawford, and Karl Malden...

, starred by Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional...

.

Plot

At a Christmas party, María Méndez (Dolores del Río

Dolores del Río

Dolores del Río was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood...

) learns that Magdalena Mendez, her rich twin sister, had a very comfortable lifestyle, so she kills Magdalena and assumes her identity and lifestyle. However, her life becomes complicated by her late sister's sleazy boyfriend (Víctor Junco

Víctor Junco

Víctor Mortimer Junco was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1935 and 1988.-Selected filmography:* The Devil Is a Woman * Ash Wednesday -External links:...

) and Roberto Gonzalez (Agustín Irusta), who loved the "dead" María.

Details

La Otra is one of the best Del Río and Gavaldón films, as well the set designer Gunther Gerszo and photographer Alex Phillips

Alex Phillips

Alex Phillips was a Canadian-born Mexican cinematographer and the father of Alex Phillips, Jr., also a cinematographer....

, all important figures in the artistic Mexican world.

Cast

• Dolores del Río
  Dolores del Río
  Dolores del Río was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood...
  
   as María and Magdalena Méndez
• Víctor Junco
  Víctor Junco
  Víctor Mortimer Junco was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1935 and 1988.-Selected filmography:* The Devil Is a Woman * Ash Wednesday -External links:...
  
   Fernando
• Agustín Irusta as Roberto Gonzalez
• José Baviera as Sgt. De La Fuente

Other versions

The script for La Otra was owned by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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 and is the same script as the 1964 version, Dead Ringer

Dead Ringer

Dead Ringer may refer to:* Dead Ringer , an 1981 album by Meat Loaf * Dead Ringer , a 1964 film starring Bette Davis, Peter Lawford, and Karl Malden...

(1964), starring Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional...

.