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Double Indemnity., a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Billy Wilder

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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's a race against time to get away with the perfect crime in this heart-pounding Academy Award-nominated masterpiece"--Container
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
DVD; Fullscreen; 2-disc special ed.
Extent
2 videodiscs (107 min.)
Note
  • 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.); original theatrical trailer (2 min.)
  • Special features (disc 2): "Double indemnity" made-for-TV movie (a Universal Studios presentation ; starring Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber, Samantha Eggar ; produced by Robert F. O'Neill ; teleplay by Steven Bochco ; based on the screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Jack Smight ; c1973, 75 min.)
Contents
  • Disc one. 1944 version of Double Indemnity (Full frame version ; Language: English Dolby digital 2.0 mono, Spanish Dolby digital 2.0 mono ; Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French)
  • Introduction by film historian Robert Osborne
  • "Shadows of Suspense"
  • Feature commentary with film historian Richard Schickel
  • Feature commentary with filmhistorian/screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film historian Nick Redman. Disc two. Double Indemnity (74 min.), 1973 made-for-television movie starring Richard Crenna, based on the 1944 film (Full frame version ; Language: English Dolby digital 2.0 mono ; Subtitles: English SDH, French)
Isbn
9781417072514
Instance
Label
Double Indemnity.
Title
Double Indemnity.
Statement of responsibility
a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Billy Wilder
Contributor
Actor
Screenwriter
Composer
Cinematographer
Costume designer
Director
Film editor
Producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
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's a race against time to get away with the perfect crime in this heart-pounding Academy Award-nominated masterpiece"--Container
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Awards note
  • National Film Registry 1992
  • Academy Awards 1945: Nominees: Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Director, Best Writing, Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Sound, Recording, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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  • Double indemnity (Motion picture)
  • Double indemnity (Motion picture)
  • Double indemnity (Television program)
Credits note
Director of photography, John Seitz ; editorial supervision, Doane Harrison ; music score, Miklos Rozsa ; costumes by Edith Head
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated by the MPAA
Language note
Double indemnity (1944): In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional French or Spanish subtitles; Double indemnity (1973): In English, with optional Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) or French subtitles
LC call number
  • PN1995.9.S87
  • PN1997
LC item number
  • D68354 2006
  • .D68 2006
PerformerNote
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber
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  • 1888-1959
  • 1906-2002
  • 1908-1991
  • 1907-1990
  • 1893-1973
  • 1888-1953
  • 1890-1955
  • 1917-1966
  • 1904-1975
  • 1895-1969
  • 1872-1944
  • 1892-1979
  • 1894-1968
  • 1907-1995
  • 1932-2017
  • 1921-2007
  • 1943-2018
  • 1927-2003
  • 1911-1976
  • 1924-1989
  • 1892-1977
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  • Chandler, Raymond
  • Wilder, Billy
  • MacMurray, Fred
  • Stanwyck, Barbara
  • Robinson, Edward G.
  • Hall, Porter
  • Heather, Jean
  • Powers, Tom
  • Barr, Byron
  • Gaines, Richard
  • Bonanova, Fortunio
  • Philliber, John
  • Seitz, John F.
  • Harrison, Doane
  • Rózsa, Miklós
  • Head, Edith
  • Schickel, Richard
  • Dobbs, Lem
  • Redman, Nick
  • Osborne, Robert
  • O'Neill, Robert F.
  • Smight, Jack
  • Bochco, Steven
  • Crenna, Richard
  • Cobb, Lee J.
  • Webber, Robert
  • Eggar, Samantha
  • Cain, James M.
  • Paramount Pictures, Inc
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
107
Series statement
Universal legacy series
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  • Insurance agents
  • Adultery
  • Double indemnity
  • Insurance investigators
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Double Indemnity., a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Billy Wilder
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • 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.); original theatrical trailer (2 min.)
  • Special features (disc 2): "Double indemnity" made-for-TV movie (a Universal Studios presentation ; starring Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber, Samantha Eggar ; produced by Robert F. O'Neill ; teleplay by Steven Bochco ; based on the screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Jack Smight ; c1973, 75 min.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc one. 1944 version of Double Indemnity (Full frame version ; Language: English Dolby digital 2.0 mono, Spanish Dolby digital 2.0 mono ; Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French) -- Introduction by film historian Robert Osborne -- "Shadows of Suspense" -- Feature commentary with film historian Richard Schickel -- Feature commentary with filmhistorian/screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film historian Nick Redman. Disc two. Double Indemnity (74 min.), 1973 made-for-television movie starring Richard Crenna, based on the 1944 film (Full frame version ; Language: English Dolby digital 2.0 mono ; Subtitles: English SDH, French)
Control code
ocm68693776
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD; Fullscreen; 2-disc special ed.
Extent
2 videodiscs (107 min.)
Isbn
9781417072514
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192907821
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
plastic
Publisher number
29078
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)68693776
System details
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono; NTSC; full frame
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Double Indemnity., a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Billy Wilder
Publication
Note
  • 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.); original theatrical trailer (2 min.)
  • Special features (disc 2): "Double indemnity" made-for-TV movie (a Universal Studios presentation ; starring Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber, Samantha Eggar ; produced by Robert F. O'Neill ; teleplay by Steven Bochco ; based on the screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Jack Smight ; c1973, 75 min.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc one. 1944 version of Double Indemnity (Full frame version ; Language: English Dolby digital 2.0 mono, Spanish Dolby digital 2.0 mono ; Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French) -- Introduction by film historian Robert Osborne -- "Shadows of Suspense" -- Feature commentary with film historian Richard Schickel -- Feature commentary with filmhistorian/screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film historian Nick Redman. Disc two. Double Indemnity (74 min.), 1973 made-for-television movie starring Richard Crenna, based on the 1944 film (Full frame version ; Language: English Dolby digital 2.0 mono ; Subtitles: English SDH, French)
Control code
ocm68693776
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD; Fullscreen; 2-disc special ed.
Extent
2 videodiscs (107 min.)
Isbn
9781417072514
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192907821
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
plastic
Publisher number
29078
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)68693776
System details
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono; NTSC; full frame
Video recording format
DVD

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