Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

1944 · 1h 47m · Approved

It's love and murder at first sight!

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.

Full synopsis

In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets the seductive wife of one of his clients, Phyllis Dietrichson, and they have an affair. Phyllis proposes to kill her husband to receive the proceeds of an accident insurance policy and Walter devises a scheme to receive twice the amount based on a double indemnity clause. When Mr. Dietrichson is found dead on a train track, the police accept the determination of accidental death. However, the insurance analyst and Walter's best friend Barton Keyes does not buy the story and suspects that Phyllis has murdered her husband with the help of another man.

Crew

Cast (31)

Fred MacMurray Fred MacMurray Walter Neff Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Stanwyck Phyllis Dietrichson Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson Barton Keyes Porter Hall Porter Hall Mr. Jackson Jean Heather Jean Heather Lola Dietrichson Tom Powers Tom Powers Mr. Dietrichson Byron Barr Byron Barr Nino Zachetti Richard Gaines Richard Gaines Edward S. Norton Jr. Fortunio Bonanova Fortunio Bonanova Sam Garlopis John Philliber John Philliber Joe Pete Douglas Spencer Douglas Spencer Lou Schwartz (uncredited) Mona Freeman Mona Freeman Secretary (uncredited) Teala Loring Teala Loring Telephone Operator (uncredited) Betty Farrington Betty Farrington Nettie (uncredited) Constance Purdy Constance Purdy Shopper in Market (uncredited) Sam McDaniel Sam McDaniel Charlie (uncredited) Florence Wix Florence Wix Passenger at Station (uncredited) Harold Garrison Redcap (uncredited) Edmund Cobb Edmund Cobb Train Conductor (uncredited) Kernan Cripps Kernan Cripps Conductor (uncredited) Dick Rush Pullman Conductor (uncredited) Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell Pullman Porter (uncredited) James Adamson Pullman Porter (uncredited) Floyd Shackelford Floyd Shackelford Pullman Porter (uncredited) Oscar Smith Oscar Smith Pullman Porter (uncredited) Raymond Chandler Raymond Chandler Man Reading Book (uncredited) Bess Flowers Bess Flowers Norton's Secretary (uncredited) Eddie Hall Eddie Hall Man in Drug Store (uncredited) Clarence Muse Clarence Muse Man (uncredited) George Magrill George Magrill Man (uncredited) John Berry John Berry (uncredited)