Double Indemnity

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crime drama film film film noir

Double Indemnity is a landmark 1944 film noir crime drama, co-written and directed by Billy Wilder, renowned for its dark, cynical tone and influential use of voiceover and flashback in a tale of murder and insurance fraud.

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Double Indemnity canonical 16
Double Indemnity (1944 film) 1
Double Indemnity (novella) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
basedOn Double Indemnity self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Double Indemnity (novella)
basedOnAuthor James M. Cain ⓘ
castMember Barbara Stanwyck ⓘ
Edward G. Robinson ⓘ
Fred MacMurray ⓘ
characterPortrayed Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson ⓘ
Edward G. Robinson as Barton Keyes ⓘ
Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff ⓘ
cinematographyBy John F. Seitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Edith Head ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coWriter Billy Wilder ⓘ
Raymond Chandler ⓘ
director Billy Wilder ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Doane Harrison ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
mainCharacter Barton Keyes ⓘ
Phyllis Dietrichson ⓘ
Walter Neff ⓘ
musicBy Miklós Rózsa ⓘ
narrativeDevice flashback structure ⓘ
voiceover narration ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor influential use of flashback structure ⓘ
influential use of voiceover in film noir ⓘ
landmark of classic Hollywood film noir ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarNominations 7 ⓘ
producer Buddy DeSylva ⓘ
surface form: Buddy G. DeSylva
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1944 ⓘ
releaseFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
releaseYear 1944 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 107 ⓘ
setInLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
setInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
greed ⓘ
insurance fraud ⓘ
murder ⓘ
tone cynical ⓘ
dark ⓘ

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Billy Wilder → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Billy Wilder → directed → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Barbara Stanwyck → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Samuel Wilder → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Double Indemnity → basedOn → Double Indemnity self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Double Indemnity (novella)
Body Heat → inspiredBy → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Edward G. Robinson → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Raymond Chandler → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Double Indemnity (screenplay, uncredited co-writer)
Fred MacMurray → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Hans Dreier → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Miklós Rózsa → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Daniel Mandell → edited → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Doane Harrison → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
Fortunio Bonanova → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
John F. Seitz → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
John F. Seitz → workedOn → Double Indemnity ⓘ
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills → includesFilm → Double Indemnity ⓘ
James M. Cain → notableWork → Double Indemnity ⓘ
James M. Cain → hasAdaptation → Double Indemnity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Double Indemnity (1944 film)