Double Indemnity 1944

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 107 min

genre: crime

theme: film noir

director: Billy Wilder

Score: 8 / 10

Double Indemnity is a 1944 American crime thriller film noir directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. The screenplay was based on James M. Cain's 1943 novel of the same title, which appeared as an eight-part serial for Liberty magazine in February 1936.

Plot

Late one night in 1938, insurance salesman Walter Neff returns to his downtown Los Angeles office in pain from a gunshot wound. He begins dictating a confession into a dictaphone for his friend and boss, claims adjuster Barton Keyes. The story, told primarily in flashback, ensues.

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More details

author	Billy Wilder James M. Cain Raymond Chandler
contentLocation	Los Angeles
director	Billy Wilder
editor	Doane Harrison
events	capital punishment
genre	crime thriller
keywords	accidental death college reunion dead man dictaphone double indemnity flashback flee gunshot wound hide id insurance money insurance policy insurance salesman kill murder nothing one night phyllis dietrichson plan than the train station
musicBy	Miklós Rózsa
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Joseph Sistrom [uncredited]
productionCompany	Paramount Pictures
publisher	EMKA
theme	film noir noir