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Double Indemnity is a 1944 American crime thriller film noir directed by Billy Wilder, co-written with Raymond Chandler, and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. The film was based on James M. Cain 's novella of the same name , which ran as an eight-part serial in Liberty magazine beginning in February 1936.
Sep 4, 2021 · Watch the classic film noir directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Raymond Chandler, based on James M. Cain's novel. Read reviews from viewers who praise the story, the performances, and the cinematography of this 1944 masterpiece.
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Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944). The film was adapted by director Billy Wilder and writer Raymond Chandler from the 1935 novella by James M. Cain. Walter Neff ( Fred MacMurray) is an insurance representative whose obsession with bombshell femme fatale Phyllis Dietrichson ( Barbara Stanwyck) allows her to manipulate him into helping ...
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Synopsis. Walter Neff (MacMurray) is a successful insurance salesman for Pacific All-Risk returning to his office building in downtown Los Angeles late one night. Neff, clearly in pain, sits down at his desk and tells the whole story into a Dictaphone for his colleague Barton Keyes (Robinson), a claims adjuster.
A classic film noir adaptation of James M. Cain's novel, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer and find out where to stream or buy the movie online.
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Dec 20, 1998 · A classic noir film about an insurance salesman and a seductive woman who plot to kill her husband for money. Roger Ebert analyzes the characters, the dialogue, the style and the ending of Billy Wilder's masterpiece.
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Double Indemnity is a 1943 crime novel by American journalist-turned-novelist James M. Cain. It was first published in Liberty magazine in 1936 as an eight part serial, and later republished as one of "three long short tales" in the collection Three of a Kind .
