Double indemnity

Resource Information

The work Double indemnity represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Double indemnity

Statement of responsibility

Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Billy Wilder

Creator

• Double indemnity (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973
• Harrison, Doane, 1894-1968
• Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995
• Seitz, John F., (John Francis), 1892-1979
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Sistrom, Joseph, 1912-1966
• Hall, Porter, 1888-1953
• Paramount Pictures, Inc
• Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990
• Heather, Jean
• Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959
• MacMurray, Fred, 1908-1991
• Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002
• Cain, James M., (James Mallahan), 1892-1977

Actor

• Hall, Porter, 1888-1953
• Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990
• Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973
• MacMurray, Fred, 1908-1991
• Heather, Jean

Cinematographer

• Seitz, John F., (John Francis), 1892-1979

Composer

• Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995

Director

• Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002

Editor

• Harrison, Doane, 1894-1968

Producer

• Sistrom, Joseph, 1912-1966

Screenwriter

• Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002
• Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959

Subject

• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film noir
• Film noir
• Insurance agents -- United States -- Drama
• Insurance investigators -- United States -- Drama
• Made-for-TV movies
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• DVD-Video discs
• Double indemnity -- United States -- Drama
• Adultery -- United States -- Drama
• Crime films

Genre

• Film noir
• Made-for-TV movies
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Film adaptations
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• Crime films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

"Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in this gripping film noir from Academy Award-winning director Billy Wilder. A calculating wife encourages her wealthy husband to sign a double indemnity policy proposed by smitten insurance agent Walter Neff. As the would-be lovers plot the unsuspecting husband's murder, they are pursued by a suspicious claims manager (Edward G. Robinson). It's a race against time to get away with the perfect crime in this heart-pounding Academy Award-nominated masterpiece."--Container notes

Related

• Shadows of suspense

Member of

• Universal legacy series
• Double indemnity (Television program)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Doane Harrison ; music, Miklos Rozsa

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

Language tracks: English, Spanish ; subtitled in English, Spanish and French

LC call number

PN1995.9.S87

LC item number

D68354 2006

PerformerNote

Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather

Runtime

107

Series statement

Universal legacy series

Target audience

general

Technique

live action