Double Indemnity (1944)
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- Passed
- 1h 47min
- Crime, Drama
- 06 Jul 1944 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Fred MacMurray | ... |
Walter Neff
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Barbara Stanwyck | ... |
Phyllis Dietrichson
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Edward G. Robinson | ... |
Barton Keyes
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Porter Hall | ... |
Mr. Jackson
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Jean Heather | ... |
Lola Dietrichson
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Tom Powers | ... |
Mr. Dietrichson
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Byron Barr | ... |
Nino Zachetti
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Richard Gaines | ... |
Mr. Norton
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Fortunio Bonanova | ... |
Sam Gorlopis
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John Philliber | ... |
Joe Pete
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Lev Abramov | ... |
Stage Hand (uncredited)
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James Adamson | ... |
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
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John Berry | ... |
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Raymond Chandler | ... |
Man Reading Magazine Outside Keyes' Office (uncredited)
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Edmund Cobb | ... |
Train Conductor (uncredited)
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Kernan Cripps | ... |
Conductor (uncredited)
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Betty Farrington | ... |
Nettie - Dietrichsons' Maid (uncredited)
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Bess Flowers | ... |
Norton's Secretary (uncredited)
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Mona Freeman | ... |
Secretary (uncredited)
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Harold Garrison | ... |
Redcap (uncredited)
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Eddie Hall | ... |
Man in Drug Store (uncredited)
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Teala Loring | ... |
Pacific All-Risk Telephone Operator (uncredited)
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George Magrill | ... |
Man (uncredited)
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Sam McDaniel | ... |
Charlie - Garage Attendant (uncredited)
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Billy Mitchell | ... |
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
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Clarence Muse | ... |
Man (uncredited)
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Miriam Nelson | ... |
Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)
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Constance Purdy | ... |
Shopper in Market (uncredited)
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Dick Rush | ... |
Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
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Floyd Shackelford | ... |
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
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Oscar Smith | ... |
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
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Douglas Spencer | ... |
Lou Schwartz (uncredited)
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Florence Wix | ... |
Train Passenger at Station (uncredited)
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Directed by
Billy Wilder |
Written by
Billy Wilder | ... | (screenplay) and |
Raymond Chandler | ... | (screenplay) |
James M. Cain | ... | (from the novel by) |
Produced by
Buddy G. DeSylva | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Joseph Sistrom | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Miklós Rózsa | ... | (music score) (as Miklos Rozsa) |
Cinematography by
John F. Seitz | ... | director of photography (as John Seitz) |
Editorial Department
Doane Harrison | ... | editorial supervisor |
Lee Hall | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Casting By
Harvey Clermont | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Design by
David S. Hall | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Hans Dreier | ||
Hal Pereira | ||
David S. Hall | ... | (uncredited) |
Set Decoration by
Bertram C. Granger | ... | (as Bertram Granger) |
Costume Design by
Edith Head | ... | (costumes) |
Makeup Department
Wally Westmore | ... | makeup artist |
Hollis Barnes | ... | hair stylist (uncredited) |
Robert Ewing | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Charles Gemora | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Al Trosin | ... | assistant production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles C. Coleman | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Bill Sheehan | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Jim Cottrell | ... | props (uncredited) |
Jack Golconda | ... | props (uncredited) |
Paul Tranz | ... | engineer (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Stanley Cooley | ... | sound recordist |
Walter Oberst | ... | sound recordist |
Jack Duffy | ... | cableman (uncredited) |
H.O. Kinsey | ... | recordist (uncredited) |
Loren L. Ryder | ... | sound recordist (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Farciot Edouart | ... | process photography |
Camera and Electrical Department
Ed Henderson | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Walter McLeod | ... | key grip (uncredited) |
Otto Pierce | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Bill Pillar | ... | mike grip (uncredited) |
Chet Stafford | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
Harlow Stengel | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Paul Tranz | ... | dolly grip (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Neva Bourne | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Bill Rabb | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Music Department
Eugene Zador | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Nancy Lee | ... | script clerk (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Jack Gage | ... | dialogue director (uncredited) |
Dorothy Staton | ... | stand-in: Ms. Stanwyck (uncredited) |
John R. Woolfenden | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Paramount Pictures (presents)
Distributors
- Paramount Pictures (1944) (United States) (theatrical)
- Paramount Film Service (1944) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Paramount British Pictures (1944) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Paramount Film Service (1944) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Film AB Paramount (1944) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Paramount Films of Argentina (1944) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Paramount Films of Mexico (1945) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Films Paramount (1945) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Paramount Filmes (1945) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Paramount Pictures (1945) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Les Films Paramount (1946) (France) (theatrical)
- Motion Picture Export Association (MPEA) (1947) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Paramount Pictures (1949) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Paramount Pictures Germany (1950) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Paramount Films (1955) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (United States) (tv)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1978) (Finland) (tv) (as MTV1)
- Image Entertainment (1998) (United States) (DVD)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1998) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Argentina Video Home (2000) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2000) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2001) (Finland) (tv)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Carlotta Films (2006) (France) (DVD)
- Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
- Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
- Suevia Films (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Versátil Home Vídeo (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Atlantic Film (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Madman Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
- Madman Entertainment (2008) (New Zealand) (DVD)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Pan Vision Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
- Carlotta Films (2012) (France) (Blu-ray)
- Eureka Entertainment (2012) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2012) (United States) (DVD) (4 film set)
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Canada) (DVD) (4 film set)
- Suevia Films (2013) (Spain) (Blu-ray)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2013) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2014) (United States) (DVD) (Film Noir 10-Movie Spotlight Collection)
- Nostalgia Films (2015) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- NBC Universal Television Distribution (2018) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- The Criterion Collection (2022) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2022) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2022) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (acknowledgement)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets the seductive wife of one of his clients, Phyllis Dietrichson, and they have an affair. Phyllis proposes to kill her husband to receive the proceeds of an accident insurance policy and Walter devises a scheme to receive twice the amount based on a double indemnity clause. When Mr. Dietrichson is found dead on a train track, the police accept the determination of accidental death. However, the insurance analyst and Walter's best friend Barton Keyes does not buy the story and suspects that Phyllis has murdered her husband with the help of another man. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Taglines | IT'S LOVE AND MURDER AT FIRST SIGHT! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $927,262 (estimated) |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $95,249 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The house used as Barbara Stanwyck's character's home still stands today at 6301 Quebec Drive. See more » |
Goofs | When Phyllis is listening at Neff's door as he talks with Keyes, Keyes exits into the hallway and Phyllis hides behind the door. The door opens into the hallway which isn't allowed by building codes, even back then, but it does give Phyllis something to hide behind and increases the tension. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982). See more » |
Soundtracks | Tangerine See more » |
Crazy Credits | Opening credits are shown over a silhouette of a man on crutches, walking toward the camera. See more » |
Quotes |
[last lines]
Walter Neff: Know why you couldn't figure this one, Keyes? I'll tell ya. 'Cause the guy you were looking for was too close. Right across the desk from ya. Barton Keyes: Closer than that, Walter. Walter Neff: I love you, too. See more » |