Double Indemnity poster

Double Indemnity

1944 ⏱️ 107 min
⭐ 2.3 Score

Directed by: Billy Wilder

Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Double Indemnity poster

Double Indemnity

1944 ⏱️ 107 min
⭐ 2.3 Exemplary Score

Directed by: Billy Wilder

Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

📊 IMDB 8.3/10
🍅 RT 97%
📝 Meta 95

📖 Plot Summary

In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets the seductive wife of one of his clients, Phyllis Dietrichson, and they have an affair. Phyllis proposes to kill her husband to receive the proceeds of an accident insurance policy and Walter devises a scheme to receive twice the amount based on a double indemnity clause. When Mr. Dietrichson is found dead on a train track, the police accept the determination of accidental death. However, the insurance analyst and Walter's best friend Barton Keyes does not buy the story and suspects that Phyllis has murdered her husband with the help of another man.

🏆 Awards & Recognition

Nominated for 7 Oscars. 5 wins & 9 nominations total

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📊 List Appearances

AFI Top 100 #38
NY Times Best 1000 #23

📈 Film Statistics

Exemplary Score 2.3
IMDB Rating 8.3/10
Appears on 2 prestigious lists
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📖 Plot Summary

In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets the seductive wife of one of his clients, Phyllis Dietrichson, and they have an affair. Phyllis proposes to kill her husband to receive the proceeds of an accident insurance policy and Walter devises a scheme to receive twice the amount based on a double indemnity clause. When Mr. Dietrichson is found dead on a train track, the police accept the determination of accidental death. However, the insurance analyst and Walter's best friend Barton Keyes does not buy the story and suspects that Phyllis has murdered her husband with the help of another man.

📊 List Appearances

AFI Top 100 #38
NY Times Best 1000 #23