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Double Indemnity( 1944)

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It's love and murder at first sight!

Overview

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Fred MacMurray

      Walter Neff

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      Barbara Stanwyck

      Phyllis Dietrichson

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      Edward G. Robinson

      Barton Keyes

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      Porter Hall

      Mr. Jackson

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      Richard Gaines

      Edward S. Norton Jr.

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      Jean Heather

      Lola Dietrichson

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      Tom Powers

      Mr. Dietrichson

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      Fortunio Bonanova

      Sam Garlopis

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      Byron Barr

      Nino Zachetti

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      John Berry

      Bit Part (uncredited)

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      Raymond Chandler

      Man Reading Book (uncredited)

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      Edmund Cobb

      Train Conductor (uncredited)

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      Kernan Cripps

      Conductor (uncredited)

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      Bess Flowers

      Norton's Secretary

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      Eddie Hall

      Man in Drug Store (uncredited)

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      Teala Loring

      Pacific All-Risk Telephone Operator (uncredited)

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      Sam McDaniel

      Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)

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      Billy Mitchell

      Pullman Porter (uncredited)

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      Clarence Muse

      Man (uncredited)

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      Douglas Spencer

      Lou Schwartz (uncredited)

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      John Philliber

      Joe Peters

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      Harold Garrison

      Redcap

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      James Adamson

      Pullman Porter (uncredited)

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      Betty Farrington

      Dietrichsons' Maid Nettie (uncredited)

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      George Magrill

      Man (uncredited)

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      Constance Purdy

      Fat Shopper in Market (uncredited)

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      Dick Rush

      Pullman Conductor (uncredited)

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      Floyd Shackelford

      Pullman Porter (uncredited)

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      Oscar Smith

      Pullman Porter (uncredited)

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      Miriam Nelson

      Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)

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    A review by talisencrw

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    Written by talisencrw on Thu Sep 22 2016
    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 bo...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    927262.00

    Revenue

    2500000.00

    Keywords

    • insurance fraud
    • femme fatale
    • film noir
    • murder
    • life insurance
    • black and white
    • insurance agent
    • insurance policy
    • duplicity
    • murder plot
    • scheming wife