Double Indemnity

1944 · directed by Billy Wilder

Rating
98/100
Hit
yes
Prestige lists
AFI 100, TSPDT 250, NFR

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.

Double Indemnity (1944), directed by Billy Wilder, rates 98/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Fred MacMurray
  • Barbara Stanwyck
  • Edward G. Robinson
  • Porter Hall
  • Jean Heather
  • Tom Powers
  • Byron Barr
  • Richard Gaines
  • Fortunio Bonanova
  • John Philliber

Crew

  • John F. Seitz — Director of Photography
  • Doane Harrison — Editor
  • Miklós Rózsa — Original Music Composer
  • Billy Wilder — Screenplay
  • Raymond Chandler — Screenplay

More from Billy Wilder

  1. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
  2. Sunset Boulevard (1950) — 98/100 · hit
  3. The Apartment (1960) — 97/100 · hit
  4. The Lost Weekend (1945) — 90/100 · hit
  5. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — 85/100 · hit
  6. Five Graves to Cairo (1943) — 83/100 · hit

How these numbers work: Methodology