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Double indemnity
Uniform Title
Double indemnity (Motion picture)
Title
Double indemnity [videorecording] / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Billy Wilder.
ISBN
9781417072514
1417072512
Edition
Second-disc special edition.
Published
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
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.).
Director of photography, John Seitz ; editorial supervision, Doane Harrison ; music score, Miklos Rozsa ; costumes by Edith Head.
In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional French or Spanish subtitles.
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.
Variant and related titles
Double indemnity (Television program)
Shadows of suspense.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Spanish
Added to Catalog
February 02, 2010
Series
Universal legacy series.
Credits
Director of photography, John Seitz ; editorial supervision, Doane Harrison ; music score, Miklos Rozsa ; costumes by Edith Head.
Cast
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber.
System details note
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono; NTSC; full frame.
Audience
Not rated by the MPAA.
Contents
Special features: 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 2. 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)
Subjects
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Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
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