A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect the insurance, which pays double if the death is accidental.
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Fred MacMurray | Walter Neff |
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Barbara Stanwyck | Phyllis Dietrichson |
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Edward G. Robinson | Barton Keyes |
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Porter Hall | Mr. Jackson |
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Jean Heather | Lola Dietrichson |
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Tom Powers | Mr. Dietrichson |
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Byron Barr | Nino Zachetti |
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Richard Gaines | Mr. Norton |
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Fortunio Bonanova | Sam Gorlopis |
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John Philliber | Joe Pete |
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Lev Abramov | Stage Hand |
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James Adamson | Pullman Porter |
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John Berry | Bit Part |
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Raymond Chandler | Man Reading Magazine Outside Keyes' Office |
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Edmund Cobb | Train Conductor |
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Kernan Cripps | Conductor |
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Betty Farrington | Nettie - Dietrichsons' Maid |
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Bess Flowers | Norton's Secretary |
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Mona Freeman | Secretary |
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Harold Garrison | Redcap |
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Eddie Hall | Man in Drug Store |
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Teala Loring | Pacific All-Risk Telephone Operator |
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George Magrill | Man |
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Sam McDaniel | Charlie - Garage Attendant |
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Billy Mitchell | Pullman Porter |
Director | Billy Wilder |
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Writer | Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain | |
Producer | Buddy G. DeSylva, Joseph Sistrom | |
Musician | Miklós Rózsa | |
Photography | John F. Seitz |