Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
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Cast & Crew.
Fred MacMurray
Walter Neff
Barbara Stanwyck
Phyllis Dietrichson
Edward G. Robinson
Barton Keyes
Porter Hall
Mr. Jackson
Richard Gaines
Edward S. Norton Jr.
Jean Heather
Lola Dietrichson
Tom Powers
Mr. Dietrichson
Fortunio Bonanova
Sam Garlopis
Byron Barr
Nino Zachetti
John Berry
Bit Part (uncredited)
Raymond Chandler
Man Reading Book (uncredited) / Screenplay
Edmund Cobb
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Conductor (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Norton's Secretary
Eddie Hall
Man in Drug Store (uncredited)
Teala Loring
Pacific All-Risk Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
Man (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
Lou Schwartz (uncredited)
John Philliber
Joe Peters
Harold Garrison
Redcap
James Adamson
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Dietrichsons' Maid Nettie (uncredited)
George Magrill
Man (uncredited)
Constance Purdy
Fat Shopper in Market (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
Floyd Shackelford
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
James M. Cain
Novel
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Billy Wilder
Director / Screenplay
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Joseph Sistrom
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 6, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
Budget$927,262
Box Office$2,500,000
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Wiki.
Double Indemnity is a 1944 American crime thriller film noir directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. The screenplay was based on James M. Cain's 1943 novel of the same title, which appeared as an eight-part serial for Liberty magazine in February 1936.
The film stars Fred MacMurray as an insurance salesman, Barbara Stanwyck as a provocative housewife who is accused of killing her husband, and Edward G. Robinson as a claims adjuster whose job is to find phony claims. The term "double indemnity" refers to a clause in certain life insurance policies that doubles the payout in cases when the death is accidental.
Praised by many critics when first released, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, but did not win any. Widely regarded as a classic, it often is cited as having set the standard for film noir. Several publications have deemed it one of the greatest films of all time. Deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress in 1992, Double Indemnity was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 1998, it was ranked No. 38 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 best American films of all time, and in 2007 it placed 29th on their 10th Anniversary list. Wilder considered Double Indemnity his best film in terms of having the fewest scripting and shooting errors, and always maintained that the two things he was proudest of in his career were the compliments he received from Cain about Double Indemnity and from Agatha Christie for his handling of her Witness for the Prosecution.