Dead Ringer

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A dead ringer is slang term for "having a very strong resemblance". See also doppelgänger.

Dead Ringer or Dead Ringers is the also the title of:

  • Dead Ringers (comedy), a British satirical programme, which exists in television and radio versions
  • Dead Ringer (1981 film) A promotional tie-in movie to Meat Loaf's album of the same name
  • Dead Ringer (1964 film), a 1964 film starring Bette Davis, Peter Lawford, and Karl Malden
  • Dead Ringers (1988 film), a film starring Dennis Akayama.
  • Dead Ringers (film), a 1988 film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Jeremy Irons as a pair of identical twins