Double Indemnity

Released Year: 1944

Certificate: Passed

Runtime: 107 minutes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 95

Director: Billy Wilder

Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr

No of Votes: 143525

Gross: 5720000

Overview: An insurance representative lets himself be talked by a seductive housewife into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses the suspicion of an insurance investigator.

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