Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

8.1IMDb Score
Released:1944-07-06
Duration:107 min
Director:Billy Wilder
Actors:Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather
Production:Paramount Pictures

Overview:

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

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