Dead Ringer
by Gino Diiorio

Name: Dead Ringer
Brand: Gino Diiorio
SKU: 9780573698439
Rating: 4.33 (1 reviews)

Dead Ringer Book Cover — Dead Ringer Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 mins Wild West Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Exterior Set Period Costumes American Comedy

Synopsis

"Tyrus Cole, a horse trainer, lives on a ranch with his invalid sister Mary.

Because he can't watch her during the day, Tyrus has Mary confined to a root cellar.

When Dwight Foley arrives at the ranch seeking help with his horse, he and Mary fall in love and begin plotting the demise of Tyrus and their eventual escape.

Their plan escalates and in the end, the three find themselves trapped in a complex web of greed and secrets."

Press Reviews

"You don't see a lot of film noir westerns, but that genre turns out to be a winning combination... Humor was never a big factor in 1940s and '50s film noir, but it has a place here. Mr. DiIorio's low-key jokiness comes from attitude and from the smooth use of western vernacular... Forcefully absorbing."
— The New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Mary Cole 28. The woman in the hole. She is never seen throughout the course of the play. She has many physical ailments and deformities. Her head is misshapen and she cannot walk. But she manages to feed and clean herself as the strength of her arms allows her to move about her small space. Mary is very intelligent, carrying herself with a hard edge of sarcasm and wit. She has a voice like an angel and at times, displays a mystical quality. Mary has no selfpity whatsoever and one gets the impression that had it not been for her physical defects, she could easily win a fi st fi ght with her brother.	female	28	28. The woman in the hole. She is never seen throughout the course of the play. She has many physical ailments and deformities. Her head is misshapen and she cannot walk. But she manages to feed and clean herself as the strength of her arms allows her to move about her small space. Mary is very intelligent, carrying herself with a hard edge of sarcasm and wit. She has a voice like an angel and at times, displays a mystical quality. Mary has no selfpity whatsoever and one gets the impression that had it not been for her physical defects, she could easily win a fi st fi ght with her brother.
Tyrus Cole 35. Mary’s older brother. He is tall and muscular, clean shaven with hard, angular features. Ty wears the burden of his sister’s ailment on his sleeve. His cruelty toward her is born more of self-loathing than sadism.	female	35	35. Mary’s older brother. He is tall and muscular, clean shaven with hard, angular features. Ty wears the burden of his sister’s ailment on his sleeve. His cruelty toward her is born more of self-loathing than sadism.
Dwight Foley 30. A heavyset man with a thin beard. He has an innocence about him that borders on naiveté. He is not confi dent and can easily be hurt with harsh words.	male	30	30. A heavyset man with a thin beard. He has an innocence about him that borders on naiveté. He is not confi dent and can easily be hurt with harsh words.