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.
CrimeThrillercaliforniaseductionhousewifeinsurance fraudstepdaughterfemme fatalefilm noirmurderlife insuranceblack and whiteinsurance investigatorinsurance agent
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Character
Meticulous, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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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
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