Double indemnity [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Billy Wilder.
Other Titles: Double indemnity.
Edition: [Special ed.].
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, [2006]
ISBN: 1417072512
Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Universal legacy series
Subject: Insurance agents United States Drama.
Adultery United States Drama.
Double indemnity United States Drama.
Insurance investigators United States Drama.
Insurance agents United States Drama.
Adultery United States Drama.
Double indemnity United States Drama.
Feature films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).
Film noir.
Thriller Feature. migfg
Film noir Feature. migfg
Crime Feature. migfg
Suspense films. gsafd
Credits: Director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Doane Harrison ; music, Miklos Rozsa.
Performers: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather.
Target Audience: Not rated.
Notes: DVD release of the 1944 motion picture.
Based on the novel by James M. Cain.
Special features: "Shadows of suspense"; audio commentary from film historian Richard Schickel; audio commentary with film historian/screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film historian Nick Redman; "Double indemnity" TV movie (1973, 75 min.).
Summary: Walter Neff is a smooth talking insurance salesman who meets the very attractive Phyllis Dietrichson when he calls to renew her husband's automobile policy. The couple are immediately drawn to each other and have an affair. They scheme together to murder Phyllis' husband for life insurance money with a double indemnity clause. Unfortunately, all does not go as planned. Barton Keyes is the wily insurance investigator who must sort things out.
