Double Indemnity

1944
Approved
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

172K

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Film Noir Hard-boiled Detective Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

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.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.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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IMDb RATING

8.3/10

172K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,595

1,241

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Top rated movie #104

Nominated for 7 Oscars
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total

Trivia
The house used as Barbara Stanwyck's character's home still stands today at 6301 Quebec Drive.

Goofs
When Phyllis is listening at Neff's door as he talks with Keyes, Keyes exits into the hallway and Phyllis hides behind the door. The door opens into the hallway which isn't allowed by building codes, even back then, but it does give Phyllis something to hide behind and increases the tension.

Quotes
[last lines]
Walter Neff: Know why you couldn't figure this one, Keyes? I'll tell ya. 'Cause the guy you were looking for was too close. Right across the desk from ya.
Barton Keyes: Closer than that, Walter.
Walter Neff: I love you, too.

Crazy credits
Opening credits are shown over a silhouette of a man on crutches, walking toward the camera.

Connections
Edited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Soundtracks
Tangerine
(1941) (uncredited)
Music by Victor Schertzinger
Played on a radio

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Featured review

10/10

Noir at its very best

The best film adaptation of a James M. Cain novel ever made (neither version of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" even comes close). The script, by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, is flawless. Wilder's direction is masterful. The cast is phenomenal, with Fred McMurray as a smart-talking but naive chump, Edward G. Robinson as a shrewd and relentless insurance investigator, and Barbara Stanwyck (her very best performance ever, IMO) as a scheming wife who wants her inconvenient husband out of the way.

The smartly-written dialogue still snaps and crackles and the suspense has lost none of its edge in the 70-plus years since the film was made. This is as fine a thriller as you'll ever see and a film that truly deserves being called a classic.