1944 · 107 min · NR

Double Indemnity

Name: Double Indemnity
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1944
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather

Directed by Billy Wilder · Crime, Thriller

Double Indemnity (1944) is a Crime film, directed by Billy Wilder set in Los Angeles during the 1930s. It runs 107 minutes and is rated NR.

A con artist and film noir, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of betrayal and obsession play out through frame narrative and unreliable narrator.

Composer

Miklós Rózsa

Cinematography

John F. Seitz

Cast

Fred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonPorter HallJean HeatherTom PowersByron BarrRichard Gaines

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Los Angeles

Setting

Urban

When

1930s

Premise & themes

Premise

Con Artist Film Noir

Themes

Betrayal Obsession

Structure

Frame Narrative Unreliable Narrator

Tone

BleakTense

Shape

Protagonist

Solo LeadAntihero

Pacing

Measured

Dialogue

Talky Dialogue Driven

Based on

Pure Fiction

1954
A Star Is Born
Los Angeles — 1950s
Urbandir. George Cukor
1974
A Woman Under the Influence
Los Angeles — 1970s
Urbandir. John Cassavetes
2002
Adaptation.
Los Angeles · New York City · Florida — 1990s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Spike Jonze
1980
Airplane!
Los Angeles · Chicago — 1980s
dir. Jim Abrahams
2023
American Fiction
Boston · Los Angeles — 2020s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Cord Jefferson
1998
American History X
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Tony Kaye

Double Indemnity

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

More like this

A Star Is Born

A Woman Under the Influence

Adaptation.

Airplane!

American Fiction

American History X