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Double Indemnity (1944)
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24 April 1944 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's Love And Murder At First Sight ! See more »
Plot:
An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Nominated for 7 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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Mother dearest
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It fits together like a watch
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Fred MacMurray | ... | Walter Neff | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Phyllis Dietrichson | |
| Edward G. Robinson | ... | Barton Keyes | |
| Porter Hall | ... | Mr. Jackson | |
| Jean Heather | ... | Lola Dietrichson | |
| Tom Powers | ... | Mr. Dietrichson | |
| Byron Barr | ... | Nino Zachetti | |
| Richard Gaines | ... | Edward S. Norton, Jr. | |
| Fortunio Bonanova | ... | Sam Garlopis | |
| John Philliber | ... | Joe Peters | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| George Anderson | ... | Warden at Execution (scenes deleted) | |
| Al Bridge | ... | Execution Chamber Guard (scenes deleted) | |
| Edward Hearn | ... | Warden's Secretary (scenes deleted) | |
| Boyd Irwin | ... | First Doctor at Execution (scenes deleted) | |
| George Melford | ... | Second Doctor at Execution (scenes deleted) | |
| William O'Leary | ... | Chaplain at Execution (scenes deleted) | |
| Lee Shumway | ... | Door Guard at Execution (scenes deleted) | |
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107 min | Argentina:110 min | Canada:90 min (Ontario)
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Germany:16 | Norway:16 | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:18 (re-rating) (1955) | Netherlands:18 (original rating) (1947) | Argentina:16 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated | USA:Approved | UK:PG
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We never learn the first name of Mr. Dietrichson.See more »
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Revealing mistakes: When Phyllis prepares to meet Neff for the last time, the effect of "moonlight" through the blinds appears in the room just before she turns out the lamps.See more »
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I've now seen this movie 14 times in 25 years, at all times of the year, in all moods, sober or not etc - but always at night. I recorded my copy off TV in 1987 so I can only imagine what a remaster would do for it. With an atmosphere thick enough to cut with a knife it never fails to engross and enchant me, and although it's been dated for 40 years or more still seems relevant and watchable today. TV, answer phones, recordable CD/DVD, memory sticks and the internet have all come between us and yet I can still watch Fred MacMurray speaking into a Dictaphone without a qualm. Who wears a hat in California nowadays? Who buys beer whilst driving! Lift attendants have gone but I can still believe in Charlie working and laughing away in the garage past 11 at night.
Woman and man agree to murder woman's husband but on the way to the cemetery they face grilling by insurance company. I think everything has been said before on the IMDb - by those who think it's one of the best films ever made! To those who simply think the main problem is that it's dated I wish you could see the TV commercials that dug into DI back in '87 - what a hoot - and compare. I've just noticed the print TCM UK is showing in 2005 is lip-synced out, very wobbly Rosza music track, fading and ageing fast - worse than my 1987 video tape (maybe logically). They're supposed to be encouraging people to enjoy the classics but they won't do that with such inferior screening copies. Dear TCM UK, this is an impressive iconic film - it deserves a billion dollar remaster authorised by the Library of Congress, not repeatedly trotting out unimpressive cheap worn dupes to fill those 2 hour slots.
Everything about DI from the acting, production, direction, and music is superbly dignified and is as "close to perfection" as human beings are probably allowed to get with this form of Art - especially with the more limited technology at their disposal in '44. When most films from now are long forgotten and dated DI will still be getting re-runs on TV and art-house cinemas - God and remasters willing - that is the fact of it.
Fortunia Bonanova certainly was fortunate to have appeared in bit parts in 2 of the best films ever made - Citizen Kane the other.