The film stars Fred MacMurray as an insurance salesman, Barbara Stanwyck as a provocative housewife who wishes her husband were dead, and Edward G. Robinson as a claims adjuster whose job is to find phony claims. The term "double indemnity" refers to a clause in certain life insurance policies that doubles the payout in cases when death is caused by certain accidental means.
Praised by many critics when first released, Double Indemnity was nominated for seven Academy Awards but did not win any. Widely regarded as a classic, it is often cited as a paradigmatic film noir and as having set the standard for the films that followed in that genre.
Deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress in 1992, Double Indemnity was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 1998, it was ranked #38 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 best American films of the 20th century, and in 2007 it was 29th on their 10th Anniversary list.
| Directed by | Billy Wilder |
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| Produced by | Buddy DeSylva Joseph Sistrom |
| Screenplay by | Billy Wilder Raymond Chandler |
| Based on | Double Indemnity by James M. Cain |
| Starring | Fred MacMurray Barbara Stanwyck Edward G. Robinson |
| Narrated by | Fred MacMurray |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography | John F. Seitz |
| Edited by | Doane Harrison (sup) |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures(original) Universal Studios(current) |
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| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $980,000 |
| Box office | $5,000,000 |
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