Double Indemnity
An ambitious insurance salesman teams up with a seductive femme fatale to murder her husband and claim a lucrative double‑indemnity payout, only to be hunted by a relentless claims investigator who will stop at nothing to expose their deadly scheme.
“It's love and murder at first sight!”
Synopsis
A dissatisfied housewife lures an insurance representative into participating in an insurance‑fraud and murder scheme, which draws the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
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Principal cast & crew: 37
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Shot by John F SeitzScored by Miklos Rozsa
Box Office
1944 · Box office
✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$2.5M
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Also known as
- Frau ohne Gewissende
- Perdiciónes
- Assurance sur la mortfr
- La fiamma del peccatoit
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Cast & Crew
37 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Fred Macmurray
as Walter Neff
Barbara Stanwyck
as Phyllis Dietrichson
Edward G Robinson
as Barton Keyes
Byron Barr
as Nino Zachetti
Porter Hall
as Mr. Jackson
Jean Heather
as Lola Dietrichson
Tom Powers
as Mr. Dietrichson
Richard Gaines
as Mr. Norton
Fortunio Bonanova
as Sam Gorlopis
John Philliber
as Joe Pete
Douglas Spencer
as Lou Schwartz (uncredited)
Mona Freeman
as Secretary (uncredited)
Supporting cast
20Miriam Nelson
as Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)
Teala Loring
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
as Nettie (uncredited)
Constance Purdy
as Shopper in Market (uncredited)
Sam Mcdaniel
as Charlie (uncredited)
Florence Wix
as Passenger at Station (uncredited)
Harold Garrison
as Redcap (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
as Conductor (uncredited)
Dick Rush
as Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
James Adamson
as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Floyd Shackelford
as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Raymond Chandler
as Man Reading Book (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Norton's Secretary (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
as Man in Drug Store (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
as Man (uncredited)
George Magrill
as Man (uncredited)
John Berry
as (uncredited)
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