Double Indemnity

• 8.1 Crime
• 1944-07-06
• 107 minutes mins

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect the insurance, which pays double if the death is accidental.

Starring:

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))

Director:

Billy Wilder

Writer:

Billy Wilder Raymond Chandler