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Double indemnity / Paramount Pictures ; produced by Joseph Sistrom ; directed by Billy Wilder ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 487246 | Universal Studios61122482 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment2021475 | Universal Studios2024179 | Universal StudiosLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Producer: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Paramount Pictures, [1944]Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios, [2012]Distributor: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012]Description: 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • Double indemnity (Motion picture).
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Photography by John Seitz ; editorial supervisor, Doane Harrison ; music by Miklos Rozsa.
Awards:
  • National Film Registry selection, 1992.
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber.Summary: An insurance salesman and an unhappy wife conspire to murder her husband and collect his insurance policy.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Northport Library DVD DRAMA Double I Available 33111008301760
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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. It's a race against time to get away with the perfect crime.

"100th anniversary" of Paramount Pictures.

Based on the novel by James M. Cain.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1944.

Special features: introduction by Turner Classic Movies host and film historian Robert Osborne; Shadows of suspense: documentary on film noir and the making of Double indemnity, "plunge into the world of 1940s Hollywood with a revealing look at a movie masterpiece"; audio commentary with film historian Richard Schickel; audio commentary with film historian/screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film historian Nick Redman; original theatrical trailer.

Title from disc label.

Photography by John Seitz ; editorial supervisor, Doane Harrison ; music by Miklos Rozsa.

Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber.

An insurance salesman and an unhappy wife conspire to murder her husband and collect his insurance policy.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, Dolby digital 2.0 mono. Full frame, 1.33:1. iTunes required to download digital version.

In English or Spanish with optional English SDH, French, or Spanish subtitles.

National Film Registry selection, 1992.

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