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Double indemnity [videorecording] / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Billy Wilder.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 29078 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, Spanish Summary language: French, Spanish Original language: English Series: Universal legacy seriesPublication details: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2006.Edition: 2-disc special ed.; standard format (1.33:1)Description: 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1417072512
  • 9781417072514
Uniform titles:
  • Double indemnity (Motion picture).
  • Double indemnity (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, John Seitz ; editorial supervision, Doane Harrison ; music score, Miklos Rozsa ; costumes by Edith Head.
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber.Summary: "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 in this heart-pounding Academy Award-nominated masterpiece" -- Container.
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Based on the novel: Double indemnity / by James M. Cain.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944.

Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by film historian Richard Schickel; optional audio commentary by film historians Lem Dobbs & Nick Redman; introduction by film historian Robert Osborne (3 min.); "Shadows of suspense" featurette (c2006, 38 min.); original theatrical trailer (2 min.).

Special features (disc 2): "Double indemnity" made-for-TV movie (a Universal Studios presentation ; starring Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber, Samantha Eggar ; produced by Robert F. O'Neill ; teleplay by Steven Bochco ; based on the screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Jack Smight ; c1973, 75 min.).

Director of photography, John Seitz ; editorial supervision, Doane Harrison ; music score, Miklos Rozsa ; costumes by Edith Head.

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

"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 in this heart-pounding Academy Award-nominated masterpiece" -- Container.

Not rated by the MPAA.

DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono.

"For private use only" -- Disc labels.

In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional French or Spanish subtitles.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

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