6/28/2023 0 Comments Double Indemnity by James M. Cain38 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 best American films of all time, and in 2007 it placed 29th on their 10th Anniversary list. Library of Congress in 1992, Double Indemnity was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the U.S. Several publications have deemed it one of the greatest films of all time. Widely regarded as a classic, it often is cited as having set the standard for film noir. Praised by many critics when first released, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, but did not win any. The term " double indemnity" refers to a clause in certain life insurance policies that doubles the payout in cases when the death is accidental. Robinson as a claims adjuster whose job is to find phony claims. The film stars Fred MacMurray as an insurance salesman, Barbara Stanwyck as a provocative housewife who is accused of killing her husband, and Edward G. Cain's 1943 novel of the same title, which appeared as an eight-part serial for Liberty magazine in February 1936. Double Indemnity is a 1944 American crime thriller film noir directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom.
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