Double Indemnity

1944 PG-13 1h 47m

8.1 /10

Genre

Plot

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

Director

Billy Wilder

Writers

Raymond Chandler James M. Cain Billy Wilder

Stars

Fred MacMurray Barbara Stanwyck Edward G. Robinson

Cast & Crew

Bit Part (uncredited)

Raymond Chandler

Man Reading Book (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Conductor (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Norton's Secretary (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

Man in Drug Store (uncredited)

Teala Loring

Pacific All-Risk Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)

Billy Mitchell

Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Clarence Muse

Man (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

Lou Schwartz (uncredited)

Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Betty Farrington

Dietrichsons' Maid Nettie (uncredited)

George Magrill

Man (uncredited)

Constance Purdy

Shopper in Market (uncredited)

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Dick Rush

Pullman Conductor (uncredited)

Floyd Shackelford

Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Oscar Smith

Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Miriam Nelson

Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)

Mona Freeman

Secretary (uncredited)

Florence Wix

Train Passenger at Station (uncredited)

User Reviews See all 6

FilipeManuelNeto

5 Mar 2024

**A magnificent "noir" with great actors, which was unlucky at the awards, and was immortalized by the public, surviving fresh to this day.** I've ...

Geronimo1967

30 Jun 2022

So poor old Tom Powers is married to the cold and calculating "Phyllis" (Barbara Stanwyck). When she starts to have an affair with his charismatic ins...

JPV852

22 May 2022

Very well done film noir from the 1940s with great performances by Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson along with good photography...

dogstir

23 Feb 2021

Perhaps the single best example of a film noir movie, _Double Indemnity_ (1944), stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson. Based...