Walter Neff
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Walter Neff is the cynical insurance salesman and antihero of Billy Wilder’s classic film noir "Double Indemnity," whose affair with a femme fatale draws him into a calculated murder and insurance fraud scheme.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antihero
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| accompliceOf | Phyllis Dietrichson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Double Indemnity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenreTropes |
crime of passion
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fatalism ⓘ femme fatale entanglement ⓘ |
| basedOn | character in James M. Cain's novella Double Indemnity ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cynical
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morally ambiguous ⓘ world-weary ⓘ |
| confessesTo | Barton Keyes (via dictaphone message) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confidant | Barton Keyes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy |
Billy Wilder
NERFINISHED
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Raymond Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Pacific All Risk Insurance Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmProductionCompanyOfWork | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Double Indemnity (1944 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | film noir ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
insurance fraud scheme
ⓘ
murder plot ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Phyllis Dietrichson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| methodOfCrime | double indemnity insurance policy scam ⓘ |
| moralArc | descent from opportunistic salesman to doomed criminal ⓘ |
| motive |
desire for Phyllis Dietrichson
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greed ⓘ |
| narrates | events of Double Indemnity into a dictaphone confession ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
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unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| notableQuote | I killed him for money and for a woman. I didn’t get the money and I didn’t get the woman. ⓘ |
| notableRelationship | mentor-mentee bond with Barton Keyes ⓘ |
| occupation | insurance salesman ⓘ |
| outcome | mortally wounded at the end of the film ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenTimeContext | central character throughout Double Indemnity ⓘ |
| screenWriterOfWork |
Billy Wilder
NERFINISHED
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Raymond Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyToldAs | flashback confession ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | early 1940s ⓘ |
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