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A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.
Language
Budget$927,262
Revenue $2,500,000
English
Budget$927,262
Revenue $2,500,000
Keywords
insurance fraud
femme fatale
film noir
murder
life insurance
black and white
insurance agent
insurance policy
duplicity
murder plot
scheming wife
Casts
Fred MacMurray
Walter Neff
Barbara Stanwyck
Phyllis Dietrichson
Edward G. Robinson
Barton Keyes
Porter Hall
Mr. Jackson
Jean Heather
Lola Dietrichson
Tom Powers
Mr. Dietrichson
Byron Barr
Nino Zachetti
Richard Gaines
Edward S. Norton Jr.
Fortunio Bonanova
Sam Garlopis
John Philliber
Joe Pete
John Berry
Bit Part (uncredited)
Raymond Chandler
Man Reading Book (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Conductor (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Norton's Secretary (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Man in Drug Store (uncredited)
Teala Loring
Pacific All-Risk Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
Man (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
Lou Schwartz (uncredited)
Harold Garrison
Redcap (uncredited)
James Adamson
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Dietrichsons' Maid Nettie (uncredited)
George Magrill
Man (uncredited)
Constance Purdy
Shopper in Market (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
Floyd Shackelford
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)
Mona Freeman
Secretary (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Train Passenger at Station (uncredited)
Crews
Billy Wilder
Director
James M. Cain
Novel
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Raymond Chandler
Screenplay
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Joseph Sistrom
Producer
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration
Edith Head
Costume Design
Harvey Clermont
Casting
Robert Ewing
Makeup Artist
Charles Gemora
Makeup Artist
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Doane Harrison
Supervising Film Editor
Eugene Zador
Orchestrator
Jack Gage
Dialect Coach
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Doane Harrison
Editor
Ed Henderson
Still Photographer
Hollis Barnes
Hairstylist
Loren L. Ryder
Sound Recordist
Jack Colconda
Props
Harlow Stengel
Camera Operator
Stanley Cooley
Sound Recordist
David S. Hall
Production Design
David S. Hall
Art Direction
Al Trosin
Assistant Production Manager
Jim Cottrell
Props
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Walter McLeod
Key Grip
Otto Pierce
Camera Operator
Chet Stafford
Electrician
Neva Bourne
Wardrobe Master
Eugene Joseff
Other
Bill Rabb
Wardrobe Master
Lee Hall
Assistant Editor
Louis Kaufman
Musician
Dorothy Staton
Stand In
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