“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.
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
Double Indemnity is a crime, thriller film released in 1944 exploring themes of insurance fraud, femme fatale, film noir, murder, life insurance, black and white. Directed by Billy Wilder, it stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson. 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.
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