Double Indemnity

19441944
PassedPassed
1h 47min

Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)

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Crime Drama Film-Noir

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.

Director
- Billy Wilder
Writers
- Billy Wilder(screenplay)
- Raymond Chandler(screenplay)
- James M. Cain(from the novel by)
Stars

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Top rated movie #113

Nominated for 7 Oscars
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total

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"Double Indemnity" Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson 1944 Paramount / MPTV

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Walter Neffas Walter Neff

Barbara Stanwyck

Phyllis Dietrichsonas Phyllis Dietrichson

Edward G. Robinson

Barton Keyesas Barton Keyes

Nino Zachettias Nino Zachetti

Mr. Jacksonas Mr. Jackson

Lola Dietrichsonas Lola Dietrichson

Mr. Dietrichsonas Mr. Dietrichson

Mr. Nortonas Mr. Norton

Fortunio Bonanova

Sam Gorlopisas Sam Gorlopis

Joe Peteas Joe Pete

Stage Handas Stage Hand
(uncredited)

Pullman Porteras Pullman Porter
(uncredited)

Bit Partas Bit Part
(uncredited)

Raymond Chandler

Train Conductoras Train Conductor
(uncredited)

Conductoras Conductor
(uncredited)

Betty Farrington

Nettie - Dietrichsons' Maidas Nettie - Dietrichsons' Maid
(uncredited)

Norton's Secretaryas Norton's Secretary
(uncredited)

Director
- Billy Wilder
Writers
- Billy Wilder(screenplay)
- Raymond Chandler(screenplay)
- James M. Cain(from the novel by)
All cast & crew
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Double Indemnity

In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets the seductive wife of one of his clients, Phyllis Dietrichson, and they have an affair. Phyllis proposes to kill her husband to receive the proceeds of an accident insurance policy and Walter devises a scheme to receive twice the amount based on a double indemnity clause. When Mr. Dietrichson is found dead on a train track, the police accept the determination of accidental death. However, the insurance analyst and Walter's best friend Barton Keyes does not buy the story and suspects that Phyllis has murdered her husband with the help of another man. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines
- IT'S LOVE AND MURDER AT FIRST SIGHT! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Lindsey Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - September 1, 1944 - all caps)
Genres
Certificate
- Passed
Parents guide

Trivia
The house used as Barbara Stanwyck's character's home still stands today at 6301 Quebec Drive.

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

Top review

9/10

A Superb Noir Film

If you are a noir fan then this film is an absolute must see. The screenplay itself is a work of art in its charater construction, plot structure and dialogue which is delievered by an ensemble of first class actors divying up first class performances. Barbra Stanwyck as the deadly, smouldering, scheming Phyllis Dietrichson turns in a performance that is right up there with Mary Astor's Brigid O'Shaughnessy. Fred McMurray delievers a performance of a smart but desperately lovelorn patsy and Edward G. Robinson is perfect in the role of Barton Keyes and just about steals the moment every time he appears on screen.

I personally love a good Noir film and this is right up there with the best of them. Billy Wilder should be proud of this work eventhough the Academy didn't see it fit to reward him for his efforts, however I personally think this film is an absolute winner.

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Release date
- July 6, 1944 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official site (United Kingdom)
Language
- English
Also known as
- Frau ohne Gewissen
Filming locations
- 6301 Quebec Drive, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production company
- Paramount Pictures
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Budget
- $927,262 (estimated)
Gross worldwide
- $14,190

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Runtime
- 1h 47min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

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