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Double Indemnity

  • 19441944
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
159K
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Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)
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A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigato... Read allA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
159K
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POPULARITY
3,712
208
    • Billy Wilder
    • Billy Wilder(screenplay)
    • Raymond Chandler(screenplay)
    • James M. Cain(from the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Fred MacMurray
    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Edward G. Robinson
    • Billy Wilder
    • Billy Wilder(screenplay)
    • Raymond Chandler(screenplay)
    • James M. Cain(from the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Fred MacMurray
    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Edward G. Robinson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 459User reviews
    • 176Critic reviews
    • 95Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #105
    • Nominated for 7 Oscars

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    Billy Wilder and Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity (1944)
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    Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, and Tom Powers in Double Indemnity (1944)
    Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)
    Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)
    Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)
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    Fred MacMurray
    Fred MacMurray
    • Walter Neff
    Barbara Stanwyck
    Barbara Stanwyck
    • Phyllis Dietrichson
    Edward G. Robinson
    Edward G. Robinson
    • Barton Keyes
    Byron Barr
    Byron Barr
    • Nino Zachetti
    Porter Hall
    Porter Hall
    • Mr. Jackson
    Jean Heather
    Jean Heather
    • Lola Dietrichson
    Tom Powers
    Tom Powers
    • Mr. Dietrichson
    Richard Gaines
    Richard Gaines
    • Mr. Norton
    Fortunio Bonanova
    Fortunio Bonanova
    • Sam Gorlopis
    John Philliber
    • Joe Pete
    Lev Abramov
    • Stage Hand
    • (uncredited)
    James Adamson
    • Pullman Porter
    • (uncredited)
    John Berry
    • Bit Part
    • (uncredited)
    Raymond Chandler
    Raymond Chandler
    • Man Reading Magazine Outside Keyes' Office
    • (uncredited)
    Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Cobb
    • Train Conductor
    • (uncredited)
    Kernan Cripps
    Kernan Cripps
    • Conductor
    • (uncredited)
    Betty Farrington
    • Nettie - Dietrichsons' Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Bess Flowers
    Bess Flowers
    • Norton's Secretary
    • (uncredited)
      • Billy Wilder
      • Billy Wilder(screenplay)
      • Raymond Chandler(screenplay)
      • James M. Cain(from the novel by)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Edward G. Robinson's initial reluctance to sign on largely stemmed from the fact he wasn't keen on being demoted to third lead. Eventually, he realized that he was at a transitional phase of his career, plus the fact that he was getting paid the same as Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray for doing less work.
    • Goofs
      The door to Neff's apartment opens away from, rather than toward, the apartment. This was a violation of the Los Angeles Fire Code. (Billy Wilder knew this, but could not change the door because of the crucial scene where Phyllis is hiding behind the door in the hallway.)
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Walter Neff: Know why you couldn't figure this one, Keyes? I'll tell ya. 'Cause the guy you were looking for was too close. Right across the desk from ya.

      Barton Keyes: Closer than that, Walter.

      Walter Neff: I love you, too.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits are shown over a silhouette of a man on crutches, walking toward the camera.
    • Connections
      Edited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      Tangerine
      (1941) (uncredited)

      Music by Victor Schertzinger

      Played on a radio

    User reviews459

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    9/10
    It fits together like a watch
    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.
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    • May 2, 2004

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    • Release date
      • July 6, 1944 (United States)
      • United States
      • Official site (United Kingdom)
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • 6301 Quebec Drive, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 47 minutes
      • Black and White

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