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Double Indemnity

1944·107 min

Double Indemnity

Directed by Billy Wilder

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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.

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Walter Neff

Barbara Stanwyck

Phyllis Dietrichson

Edward G. Robinson

Barton Keyes

Mr. Jackson

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Raymond Chandler

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Lola Dietrichson

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Nino Zachetti

Edward S. Norton Jr.

Fortunio Bonanova

Sam Garlopis

Joe Pete

Bit Part (uncredited)

Raymond Chandler

Man Reading Book (uncredited)

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Double Indemnity (1944) is about 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.

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Billy Wilder directed Double Indemnity (1944).

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