Double Indemnity

Directed by Billy Wilder

Starring: Byron Barr, Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Gig Young, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber

Contributors: Joseph Sistrom, Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler, Miklós Rózsa, John F. Seitz

Description

Billy Wilder directs this adaptation of James M. Cain's novel. Insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) calls at the home of Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) in order to renew her husband's life insurance policy.

An immediate attraction sparks between the two and gradually Phyllis seduces Walter into conspiring with her to murder her husband, who is now covered by a double indemnity insurance policy. The murder is carried out as planned but the couple soon find themselves growing increasingly suspicious of each other as they get closer to collecting the money. When Walter's boss, the relentless investigator Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), starts to look into the case, their resolve begins to falter.

Key Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Interviews: Noah Isenberg (film scholar)
• Commentary: Richard Schickel (critic)
• Other Documentary: 'Billy, How Did You Do It?' (1992); 'Shadows of Suspense' (2006)

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