
Double Indemnity
It's love and murder at first sight!
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Release Date
7/6/1944Runtime
107 minsOverview
A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$927,262Revenue
$2,500,000Homepage
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A tense, fatalistic descent into crime and moral corruption, where passion and greed become indistinguishable, a darkly romantic nightmare told with brilliant irony.
Mood
TenseDread-soakedRomantic
Themes
BetrayalObsessionCrime
Tone
Ironic
Pacing
Steady
Look
Black and whiteHigh-contrastFormalist
Structure
Framed flashback
Heads up
Graphic violence

Fred MacMurray
Walter Neff

Barbara Stanwyck
Phyllis Dietrichson

Edward G. Robinson
Barton Keyes

Porter Hall
Mr. Jackson

Jean Heather
Lola Dietrichson

Tom Powers
Mr. Dietrichson

Byron Barr
Nino Zachetti

Richard Gaines
Edward S. Norton Jr.

Fortunio Bonanova
Sam Garlopis
John Philliber
Joe Pete

John Berry
Bit Part (uncredited)

Raymond Chandler
Man Reading Book (uncredited)
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