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Double indemnity

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

2-disc special ed. ; Full screen version.

Languages

In English or dubbed Spanish; 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, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 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. It becomes a race against time to get away with the perfect crime.

Notes

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944.

Based on the novel: Double indemnity / by James M. Cain.

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.).

Special features (disc 2): "Double indemnity" a 1973 made-for-TV movie starring Richard Crenna based on the 1944 film.

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