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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Billy Wilder |
| Stars: |
Fred MacMurray |
| Actors: |
Tom Powers |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Recommended · Romances · Psychodrama · Murder · Infidelity · Film Noir · Melodrama · Betrayal · Essential Cinema · Classic · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: 2-Disc Special Edition; Universal Legacy Series |
| UPC: |
025192907821 |
| Release Date: |
1944 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 47min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 47min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (July 06, 2004)
UPC: 025192009525 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 47min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (April 28, 1998)
UPC: 096898017435 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Billy Wilder |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/30/2006, p.100, Peter Travers): "Film noir doesn't get more classic than Billy Wilder's 1944 tale of greed and lust." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Billy Wilder's classic noir, a familiar brew of lust, larceny, and lethal intentions, stars Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck as a hot-blooded couple. Framed in flashback, the story is told by the dying Walter Neff (MacMurray), beginning with his first meeting with the seductive Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck) during a routine renewal of her husband's car insurance. After some flirtation she arranges a meeting without her husband, where she asks about an accident policy to be bought without her husband's knowledge. Although repulsed by the implications of her suggestions, his obsession with Phyllis leads Neff to contemplate the possibility of finding a way to kill her husband while making his death look like an accident. After she comes to his apartment, the insurance salesman finally agrees to become involved in the murder, and the two of them begin methodically working out the details. After they dispose of Dietrichson, Neff learns more than he wanted about Phyllis' unsavory past, but realizes he's no... |
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