Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity (Film), released 1944 — adapted from Double Indemnity by James M. Cain.

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.

Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather.

Directed by Billy Wilder.

Double Indemnity poster artwork

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