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Blu-ray

Double indemnity

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Limited edition ; 70th Anniversary.

Languages

In English or Spanish, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

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

Publication Information

Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2014]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

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.

Notes

From the novel by James M. Cain.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1944.

Bonus features: Introduction by Turner Classic Movies host and film historian Robert Osborne ; Shadows of suspense ; feature commentary with film historian Richard Schickel ; feature commentary with film historian/screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film historian Nick Redman ; Double Indemnity (1973), full-length made-for-television movie based on the 1944 film.

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