Double Indemnity (1944)

Plot Summary

Walter, an insurance salesman, and Phyllis, a married woman, are complicit in killing her husband to collect on the man's insurance policy. For the supposedly "perfect crime" suspicions about the duo soon follow. A definitive film noir that you won't forget, gripping from start to finish and with a raw look at fear, loneliness and human violence.

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Awards

Academy Awards, USA (1945)

Oscar 1945

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Best Picture

Oscar 1945

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Best Sound, Recording

Loren L. Ryder

Oscar 1945

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Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Miklós Rózsa

Oscar 1945

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Best Writing, Screenplay

Raymond Chandler Billy Wilder

Oscar 1945

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Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

John F. Seitz