Double Indemnity

1944 "It's love and murder at first sight!"

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Double Indemnity

8.3 | 1h47m | NR | en | Thriller

A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.

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Released: July. 06,1944 | Released Producted By: Paramount Pictures , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.

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Thriller , Crime

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Cast

Fred MacMurray , Barbara Stanwyck , Edward G. Robinson , Porter Hall , Jean Heather , Tom Powers

Director

Hans Dreier

Producted By

Paramount Pictures

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Fred MacMurray

as Walter Neff

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Barbara Stanwyck

as Phyllis Dietrichson

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Edward G. Robinson

as Barton Keyes

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Porter Hall

as Mr. Jackson

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Jean Heather

as Lola Dietrichson

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Tom Powers

as Mr. Dietrichson

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Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

David S. Hall

Art Direction

David S. Hall

Production Design

Jack Colconda

Props

Jim Cottrell

Props

Bertram C. Granger

Set Decoration

Otto Pierce

Camera Operator

Harlow Stengel

Camera Operator

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Walter McLeod

Key Grip

Ed Henderson

Still Photographer

Edith Head

Costume Design

Hollis Barnes

Hairstylist

Wally Westmore

Makeup Artist

Robert Ewing

Makeup Artist

Charles Gemora

Makeup Artist

Eugene Joseff

Other

Bill Rabb

Wardrobe Master

Neva Bourne

Wardrobe Master

Double Indemnity Audience Reviews

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

flrpitflrp-63-795403 To me this is the best film ever made. Snappy diolauge. McMurry, Stanwyck, and Robinson are all outstanding. With a quick pace and wit the film moves forward. It is a treat to watch. I find something new each time I watch. A most see for film fans

cricketbat Double Indemnity is a prime example of classic film noir. Plus, for those of us raised on live-action Disney movies, it's fun to see Fred MacMurray play a role so dramatically different from what we're used to. I love the quick and stylized dialogue. Who knew that a story about an insurance salesman could be so dark and gritty?

adonis98-743-186503 An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions. Double Indemnity might be a crime thriller but it's sure as hell not a very good one people, the film was super slow and just boring, the acting nothing really special and the storyline didn't go anywhere until the end that even cut short and just stupid. This isn't a movie that deserves to be on the Top 250 movies of all time but then again? lot's of other movies don't belong on that list either and they know it. (0/10) (F)

talisencrw It's definitely hard to pin down a personal favourite Wilder film, though I tend towards his earlier masterworks such as 'The Lost Weekend', 'Sunset Boulevard'...and THIS. He was one of the finest at getting straight through the bullshit and to the heart of all things noir (as the immortal Jean-Luc Godard stated, 'All I need to make a film is a man, a girl and a gun').Barbara Stanwyck is one of my favourite actresses of the period, and is a classic 'femme fatale'. I've never been a huge fan of Fred MacMurray, but his 'nice guy' persona is used to sheer advantage by Wilder, and he end up both doing his finest work for Wilder (here and in 'The Apartment') and being the ultimate noir male protagonist. Interestingly, one of my favourite actors, Edward G. Robinson, thought so much of the script that he opted out of his demand of never doing a supporting role. Many people admire Wilder the director, but as a writer (or co-writer) he's just as cinematically important and influential.Like any other film of his, at least that I've had the pleasure to see, it's worth a purchase and re-watches. The dialogue, especially, is simply fantastic. I'd take just one of his early works over a hundred of the films Hollywood churns out nowadays. They're simply that better and intrinsically satisfying. Immortal cinema.