---
title: 'Double Indemnity (1944)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Billy Wilder'
released: '1944-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/double-indemnity-1944'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Double Indemnity (1944)

1944 · 107 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Double Indemnity is a 1944 American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. Wilder and Raymond Chandler adapted the screenplay from James M. Cain's novel of the same name, which ran as an eight-part serial in Liberty magazine in 1936.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Raymond Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-chandler), [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder), [James M. Cain](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-m-cain)
- **Director:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miklós Rózsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-rozsa)
- **Producer:** [Buddy DeSylva](https://cinepixo.com/people/buddy-desylva)
- **Director of Photography:** [John F. Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-f-seitz)
- **Editor:** [Doane Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/doane-harrison)

## Cast

- [Fortunio Bonanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/fortunio-bonanova)
- [Porter Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/porter-hall)
- [Sam McDaniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-mcdaniel)
- [Tom Powers](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-powers)
- [Jean Heather](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-heather)
- [Clarence Muse](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-muse)
- [Douglas Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-spencer)
- [Barbara Stanwyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-stanwyck)
- [John Berry](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-berry)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Edmund Cobb](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-cobb)
- [Fred MacMurray](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-macmurray)
- [Gig Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/gig-young)
- [Richard Gaines](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-gaines)
- [Raymond Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-chandler)

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