Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

107 mins | Crime, Thriller | July 6, 1944

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.

Double Indemnity

107 mins | Crime, Thriller | July 6, 1944

Double Indemnity
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.
IMDb rating 8.3
Producers Paramount
Original title Double Indemnity
Directors Charles C. Coleman, Billy Wilder
Writers James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Billy Wilder

Cast

Fred MacMurray

as Walter Neff

Barbara Stanwyck

as Phyllis Dietrichson

Edward G. Robinson

as Barton Keyes

Porter Hall

as Mr. Jackson

Richard Gaines

as Edward S. Norton Jr.

Jean Heather

as Lola Dietrichson

Tom Powers

as Mr. Dietrichson

Fortunio Bonanova

as Sam Garlopis

Byron Barr

as Nino Zachetti

John Berry

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Raymond Chandler

as Man Reading Book (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

as Conductor (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Norton's Secretary

Eddie Hall

as Man in Drug Store (uncredited)

Teala Loring

as Pacific All-Risk Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

as Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)

Billy Mitchell

as Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Clarence Muse

as Man (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

as Lou Schwartz (uncredited)

John Philliber

as Joe Peters

Harold Garrison

as Redcap

James Adamson

as Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Betty Farrington

as Dietrichsons' Maid Nettie (uncredited)

George Magrill

as Man (uncredited)

Constance Purdy

as Fat Shopper in Market (uncredited)

Dick Rush

as Pullman Conductor (uncredited)

Floyd Shackelford

as Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Oscar Smith

as Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Miriam Nelson

as Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)