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Double Indemnity ()

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A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
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  • Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
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Walter Neff
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Phyllis Dietrichson
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Barton Keyes
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Mr. Jackson
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Lola Dietrichson
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Mr. Dietrichson
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Nino Zachetti
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Mr. Norton
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Sam Gorlopis
John Philliber ...
Joe Pete
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lev Abramov ...
Stage Hand (uncredited)
James Adamson ...
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
John Berry ...
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Man Reading Magazine Outside Keyes' Office (uncredited)
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Train Conductor (uncredited)
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Conductor (uncredited)
Betty Farrington ...
Nettie - Dietrichsons' Maid (uncredited)
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Norton's Secretary (uncredited)
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Secretary (uncredited)
Harold Garrison ...
Redcap (uncredited)
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Man in Drug Store (uncredited)
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Pacific All-Risk Telephone Operator (uncredited)
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Man (uncredited)
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Charlie - Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell ...
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
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Man (uncredited)
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Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)
Constance Purdy ...
Shopper in Market (uncredited)
Dick Rush ...
Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
Floyd Shackelford ...
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
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Pullman Porter (uncredited)
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Lou Schwartz (uncredited)
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Train Passenger at Station (uncredited)

Directed by

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Billy Wilder

Written by

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Billy Wilder ... (screenplay) and
Raymond Chandler ... (screenplay)
 
James M. Cain ... (from the novel by)

Produced by

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Buddy G. DeSylva ... executive producer (uncredited)
Joseph Sistrom ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Miklós Rózsa ... (music score) (as Miklos Rozsa)

Cinematography by

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John F. Seitz ... director of photography (as John Seitz)

Editorial Department

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Doane Harrison ... editorial supervisor
Lee Hall ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Harvey Clermont ... (uncredited)

Production Design by

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David S. Hall ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Hans Dreier
Hal Pereira
David S. Hall ... (uncredited)

Set Decoration by

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Bertram C. Granger ... (as Bertram Granger)

Costume Design by

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Edith Head ... (costumes)

Makeup Department

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Wally Westmore ... makeup artist
Hollis Barnes ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Robert Ewing ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Charles Gemora ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Al Trosin ... assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Charles C. Coleman ... assistant director (uncredited)
Bill Sheehan ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Jim Cottrell ... props (uncredited)
Jack Golconda ... props (uncredited)
Paul Tranz ... engineer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Stanley Cooley ... sound recordist
Walter Oberst ... sound recordist
Jack Duffy ... cableman (uncredited)
H.O. Kinsey ... recordist (uncredited)
Loren L. Ryder ... sound recordist (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography

Camera and Electrical Department

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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

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Neva Bourne ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)
Bill Rabb ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Eugene Zador ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Nancy Lee ... script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Jack Gage ... dialogue director (uncredited)
Dorothy Staton ... stand-in: Ms. Stanwyck (uncredited)
John R. Woolfenden ... publicist (uncredited)
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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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Also Known As
  • Assurance sur la mort (France)
  • Frau ohne Gewissen (Germany)
  • Perdición (Spain)
  • 双重赔偿 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Bloedgeld (Netherlands)
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Runtime
  • 107 min
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Box Office

Budget $927,262 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $95,249

Did You Know?

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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.
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