It's love and murder at first sight!
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
Double Indemnity (1944) is a crime and thriller film directed by Billy Wilder, released on July 6, 1944 with a runtime of 1h 47m. It stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson and Porter Hall. Viewers rate it 8.1 out of 10 across 2,091 ratings.
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Fred MacMurray
as Walter Neff
Barbara Stanwyck
as Phyllis Dietrichson
Edward G. Robinson
as Barton Keyes
Porter Hall
as Mr. Jackson
Jean Heather
as Lola Dietrichson
Tom Powers
as Mr. Dietrichson
Byron Barr
as Nino Zachetti
Richard Gaines
as Edward S. Norton Jr.
Fortunio Bonanova
as Sam Garlopis
John Philliber
as Joe Pete
Douglas Spencer
as Lou Schwartz (uncredited)
Mona Freeman
as Secretary (uncredited)
Directed by Billy Wilder, written by James M. Cain, Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler.
Average viewer score of 8.1/10 from 2,091 ratings.
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…
Reviewed on September 22, 2016
A banner movie from film noir's classic era. Double Indemnity is directed by Billy Wilder and Wilder co-adapts the screenplay with Raymond Chandler from the novella written by James M. Cain. It stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. Music is by Miklos Rozsa and cinematography by John F. Seitz. For a film lover such as myself it feels redundant writing a review for Double Indemnity, because…
Reviewed on November 5, 2017
Perhaps the single best example of a film noir movie, _Double Indemnity_ (1944), stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson. Based on a novel written by James Cain, the screenplay was co-written by Billy Wilder and the amazing Raymond Chandler. Set in 1938 California, the story is based on the true-life 1927 murder of a married Queens, New York woman's husband who was killed by the woman's…
Reviewed on February 23, 2021
Very well done film noir from the 1940s with great performances by Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson along with good photography and direction from Billy Wilder. I've seen this one before but it's been at least 20 years though coincidentally, a scene from this was in a movie I recently watched (another re-watch) in Femme Fatale. **4.5/5**
Reviewed on May 22, 2022
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The main cast of Double Indemnity (1944) includes Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall and Jean Heather. The film was directed by Billy Wilder. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Double Indemnity was released on July 6, 1944 and runs for 1h 47m.
Double Indemnity (1944) holds an average rating of 8.1 out of 10 from 2,091 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy crime and thriller films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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