Double Indemnity (1973 film)

*Double Indemnity*
Double Indemnity
Genre	Crime; Drama; Romance;
Based on	Double Indemnity; by Billy Wilder; Raymond Chandler; ; Double Indemnity; by James M. Cain;
Written by	Steven Bochco (teleplay)
Screenplay by	Billy Wilder (1944 screenplay); Raymond Chandler (1944 screenplay)
Directed by	Jack Smight
Starring	Richard Crenna; Lee J. Cobb; Robert Webber; Samantha Eggar;
Music by	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	David Victor
Producer	Robert F. O'Neill
Cinematography	Haskell B. Boggs
Editor	Edward A. Biery
Running time	74 minutes
Production companies	Groverton Productions; Universal City
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 13, 1973

Double Indemnity is a 1973 American made-for-television crime film directed by Jack Smight and starring Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber and Samantha Eggar. It was a remake of Double Indemnity (1944) based on the film rather than the original novel.

Plot[edit]

A scheming wife lures an insurance salesman into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The salesman's boss, not knowing his man is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.

Cast[edit]

Richard Crenna as Walter Neff
Lee J. Cobb as Barton Keyes
Robert Webber as Edward Norton
Samantha Eggar as Phyllis Dietrichson
Arch Johnson as Dietrickson
Kathleen Cody as Lola Dietrickson
John Fiedler as Mr. Jackson
John Elerick as Donald Franklin
Joan Pringle as Neff's Secretary
Gene Dynarski as Sam Bonventura
Ken Renard as Porter
Joyce Cunning as Norton's Secretary
Arnold F. Turner as Redcap (as Arnold Turner)

Production[edit]

Producer Charles Egelman got Steven Bochco to update the film but did not substantially change it. They showed the script to Billy Wilder who gave his approval.^[1]

Reception[edit]

The New York Times said the film "amounts to a flattish copy".^[2]

References[edit]

^ Redoing Classics a Double Indemnity? Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times (8 Oct 1973: c24.
^ TV Review: Nostalgia Is Lost on 'Double Indemnity' By HOWARD THOMPSON. New York Times 13 Oct 1973: 71.

External links[edit]

Double Indemnity at TCMDB
Double Indemnity at Letterbox DVD
Double Indemnity at IMDb
Double Indemnity at the TCM Movie Database
Double Indemnity at AllMovie

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[1] Redoing Classics a Double Indemnity? Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times (8 Oct 1973: c24.

[2] TV Review: Nostalgia Is Lost on 'Double Indemnity' By HOWARD THOMPSON. New York Times 13 Oct 1973: 71.

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v t e Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
Novels	Double Indemnity (1936) Three of a Kind (1943)
Adaptations	Double Indemnity (1944) Apology for Murder (1945) Double Indemnity (1973) Body Heat (1981) Jism (2003)
Characters	Phyllis Dietrichson
Related	Ruth Snyder Fatal Instinct (1993)
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