Double Indemnity
“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.
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Cast
32 people
Fred MacMurray
Walter Neff
Known for
The Apartment
The Absent-Minded Professor
Barbara Stanwyck
Phyllis Dietrichson
Known for
The Lady Eve
The Thorn Birds
Edward G. Robinson
Barton Keyes
Known for
The Stranger
The Ten Commandments
Porter Hall
Mr. Jackson
Known for
Ace in the Hole
His Girl Friday
Jean Heather
Lola Dietrichson
Known for
Going My Way
Tom Powers
Mr. Dietrichson
Known for
Destination Moon
The Blue Dahlia
Byron Barr
Nino Zachetti
Known for
Pitfall
The File on Thelma Jordon
Richard Gaines
Mr. Norton
Known for
The More the Merrier
Ace in the Hole
Fortunio Bonanova
Sam Garlopis
Known for
Citizen Kane
An Affair to Remember
John Philliber
Joe Pete
Known for
It Happened Tomorrow
Douglas Spencer
Lou Schwartz (uncredited)
Known for
The Thing from Another World
River of No Return
Mona Freeman
Secretary (uncredited)
Known for
Angel Face
The Heiress
Billy Wilder Director · Raymond Chandler Screenplay James M. Cain Author
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $927K · United States release July 6, 1944
Box office
Budget
$927,262
Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Brazil · April 24, 1944
United States · July 6, 1944
Theatrical
United States · January 28, 1998
Physical · DVD
United States
June 14, 1944 · Premiere · Norman, Oklahoma
July 3, 1944 · Premiere · Baltimore, Maryland
Australia
December 1, 1944 · Theatrical
October 6, 2006 · Physical · DVD
China
June 13, 2026 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
France
March 7, 1946 · Theatrical
Germany
May 26, 2008 · Digital
Greece
August 29, 2024 · Theatrical · Re-Issue
Hungary
May 29, 1947 · Theatrical
Japan
December 12, 1953 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 25, 2012 · Physical · Blu-ray
July 5, 2018 · Theatrical · Re-release
Poland
January 1, 1966 · Theatrical
Spain
June 3, 1947 · Theatrical
July 9, 2006 · Physical
Switzerland
August 1, 1946 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 15, 1944 · Theatrical
June 30, 2018 · Limited theatrical
XC
June 6, 1947 · Theatrical
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