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UNITED STATES · 1944

Double Indemnity

Billy Wilder
Classical Hollywood insurance fraud femme fatale murder plot infidelity moral corruption
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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.

Year1944
CountryUnited States
DirectorBilly Wilder
MovementClassical Hollywood
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