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A Balasaur Score of 88 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 95/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 99% of the 111 1940s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic95/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
2,091 audience votes
Key crew
- Billy WilderDirector
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Billy WilderScreenplay
- Raymond ChandlerScreenplay
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
- Douglas SpencerLou Schwartz (uncredited)
- Mona FreemanSecretary (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
californiaseductionhousewifeinsurance fraudstepdaughterfemme fatalefilm noirmurderlife insuranceblack and whiteinsurance investigatorinsurance agent
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