Double indemnity [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Billy Wilder - [Special ed.] - Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, [2006] - 2 videodiscs (ca. 107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. - Universal legacy series . - Universal legacy series .

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 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.

9781417072514 1417072512

025192907821


Insurance agents--United States--Drama
Adultery--United States--Drama.
Double indemnity--United States--Drama.
Insurance investigators--United States--Drama.
Film noir

791.4372 / DOU 2006