Double indemnity [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Billy Wilder
Contributor(s): Wilder, Billy
| MacMurray, Fred | Stanwyck, Barbara | Robinson, Edward G | Hall, Porter | Heather, Jean | Chandler, Raymond | Cain, James M. (James Mallahan). Double indemnity | Paramount Pictures, inc | Universal Pictures (Firm).
Series: Universal legacy series: Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, [2006]Edition: [Special ed.].Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 9781417072514; 1417072512.Subject(s): Insurance agents -- United States -- Drama | Adultery -- United States -- Drama | Double indemnity -- United States -- Drama | Insurance investigators -- United States -- Drama | Film noirDDC classification: 791.4372 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 DOU 2006 (Browse shelf) | Set of 2 DVDs | 1 | Available | SLASx,05000,01,GR | 1000525451 |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1944.
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.)
Cinematography, John Seitz ; editor, Doane Harrison ; music, Miklos Rozsa
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather
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.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono
In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional French or Spanish subtitles.