Assurance sur la mort

Original title: Double Indemnity

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Edward G. Robinson, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, and Fred MacMurray in Assurance sur la mort (1944)

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Film Noir Hard-boiled Detective Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

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IMDb RATING

8.3/10

174K

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POPULARITY

4,061

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Nominated for 7 Oscars
- 5 wins & 9 nominations total

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Trivia
Author James M. Cain later admitted that if he had come up with some of the solutions to the plot that screenwriters Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler did, he would have employed them in his original novel.

Goofs
When Phyllis is listening at Neff's door as he talks with Keyes, Keyes exits into the hallway and Phyllis hides behind the door. The door opens into the hallway which isn't allowed by building codes, even back then, but it does give Phyllis something to hide behind and increases the tension.

Quotes
[last lines]
Walter Neff: Know why you couldn't figure this one, Keyes? I'll tell ya. 'Cause the guy you were looking for was too close. Right across the desk from ya.
Barton Keyes: Closer than that, Walter.
Walter Neff: I love you, too.

Crazy credits
Opening credits are shown over a silhouette of a man on crutches, walking toward the camera.

Connections
Edited into Les cadavres ne portent pas de costard (1982)

Soundtracks
Tangerine
(1941) (uncredited)
Music by Victor Schertzinger
Played on a radio

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best American Film Noir ever made

"I liked the way that anklet bit into her leg. I wanted to see her again, up close, without that silly staircase between us."--Walter Neff, after meeting Phyllis Dietrichson This is Fred MacMurray like you've never seen him before. He's edgy and sharp, and amoral, although he hides it well from his boss. Barbara Stanwyck's astounding performance set the standard for bad girls in Film Noir for years to come. I love this film because it is a perfect example of how the censorship of the time made it so that filmmakers had to get the sexiness across in a subtle way. This movie is undeniably sexy, and there's not a single 'love scene' in it!