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Double Indemnity (1944)
8.5
An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions. Director:Billy Wilder |
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Nominated for 7 Oscars.
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| Fred MacMurray | ... | ||
| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | ||
| Edward G. Robinson | ... | ||
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Porter Hall | ... | |
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Jean Heather | ... | |
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Tom Powers | ... | |
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Richard Gaines | ... | |
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Fortunio Bonanova | ... | |
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John Philliber | ... | |
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Storyline
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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Paramount's terrific story of an unholy love, and an almost perfect crime! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Frau ohne Gewissen See more »Box Office
Budget:
$927,262 (estimated)Company Credits
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| Argentina: | Canada: (Ontario)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Barbara Stanwyck was the first choice to play Phyllis, but she was unnerved when seeing the role was of a ruthless killer. When she expressed her concern to Billy Wilder, he asked her, "Are you a mouse or an actress?" See more »Goofs
Continuity: Early in the film, as Phyllis finds Walter's address in the phone book and goes to his apartment, Neff turns on a three-way lamp by the door using a switch on the wall. Later in the film, the lamp is gone. See more »
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