It's love and murder at first sight!
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.
- Bleak ending
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Character
Meticulous, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
17 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Formalists.
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“Is this Billy Wilder's best work?”
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“Does Barbara Stanwyck steal Double Indemnity from Fred MacMurray?”
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Cast
- Fred MacMurrayWalter Neff
- Barbara StanwyckPhyllis Dietrichson
- Edward G. RobinsonBarton Keyes
- Porter HallMr. Jackson
- Jean HeatherLola Dietrichson
- Tom PowersMr. Dietrichson
- Byron BarrNino Zachetti
- Richard GainesEdward S. Norton Jr.
- Fortunio BonanovaSam Garlopis
- John PhilliberJoe Pete
Crew
- Billy WilderDirector
- Billy WilderScreenplay
- Raymond ChandlerScreenplay
- James M. CainNovel
- John F. SeitzDirector of Photography
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Doane HarrisonEditor
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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BLUE EYE SAMURAI 202370% alikeSeries · Both earnest, meticulous, grave.
Black Bird 202269% alikeSeries · Both earnest, classical in form, grave.
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