Double Indemnity
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Double Indemnity is a 1944 American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. Wilder and Raymond Chandler adapted the screenplay from James M. Cain's novel o
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Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff and Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson
Edward G. Robinson as Barton Keyes
Wilder supposedly chose a bad wig for Stanwyck to underscore Phyllis's "sleazy phoniness".
Barbara Stanwyck
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Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career she was known for her strong, realistic screen presence and versatility.
Double Indemnity
…ran as an eight-part serial in Liberty magazine in 1936. The film stars an insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray), who plots with a woman (Barbara Stanwyck) to kill her husband in order to claim a life insurance payment, arousing the suspicion of claims manager Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson). The title…
Stanwyck as a Ziegfeld girl in a 1924 photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston
Photoplay magazine cover
Stanwyck in her award-nominated role as Stella Dallas in 1937