Fred MacMurray
Walter Neff
Barbara Stanwyck
Phyllis Dietrichson
Edward G. Robinson
Barton Keyes
Porter Hall
Mr. Jackson
Jean Heather
Lola Dietrichson
Tom Powers
Mr. Dietrichson
Byron Barr
Nino Zachetti
Richard Gaines
Edward S. Norton Jr.
Fortunio Bonanova
Sam Garlopis
John Philliber
Joe Pete
Edmund Cobb
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Conductor (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Norton's Secretary (uncredited)
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)Harold Garrison
Redcap (uncredited)James Adamson
Pullman Porter (uncredited)Betty Farrington
Dietrichsons' Maid Nettie (uncredited)
George Magrill
Man (uncredited)
Constance Purdy
Shopper in Market (uncredited)Dick Rush
Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
Floyd Shackelford
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Mona Freeman
Secretary (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Train Passenger at Station (uncredited)
Released
en
$927,262.00
$2,500,000.00
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- #film noir
- #murder
- #life insurance
- #black and white
- #insurance agent
- #insurance policy
- #duplicity
- #murder plot
- #scheming wife
Reviews
**A magnificent "noir" with great actors, which was unlucky at the awards, and was immortalized by the public, surviving fresh to this day.** I've previously had the opportunity to mention that I really like noir films, and this is another one that I had the pleasure of seeing and will save for occasional rewatches. Based on a good detective novel, the film is extremely intelligent, dark and we
So poor old Tom Powers is married to the cold and calculating "Phyllis" (Barbara Stanwyck). When she starts to have an affair with his charismatic insurance broker "Walter" (Fred MacMurray) the two alight on a cunning plan to dispose of him and to claim the life insurance money. Being in the know about these things, "Walter" figures out a way in which they can double the payout. With their hands s
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**
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
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 Dou
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