La fiamma del peccato (1944)
L'assicuratore Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) conosce Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), moglie di un cliente, la cui sensualità lo affascinerà a tal punto da farlo diventare prima il suo amante e poi complice nell'assassinio di suo marito. Dopo aver stipulato un'assicurazione sulla sua vita, i due mettono a punto un piano per ricevere il doppio dell'indennizzo (da qui il titolo originale, Double Indemnity) in caso di morte avvenuta in circostanze rare. Per ottenere la somma decidono prima di assassinare l'uomo in macchina, e di gettarlo in seguito sui binari, facendo così credere che la sua morte sia dovuta ad una caduta dal treno. Ma il piano troverà un ostacolo insormontabile: Walter verrà infatti smascherato dal suo grande amico e collega Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson)...
Direttore:
Billy Wilder
Scrittori:
Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler.
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Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff |
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Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson |
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Edward G. Robinson as Barton Keyes |
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Porter Hall as Mr. Jackson |
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Jean Heather as Lola Dietrichson |
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Tom Powers as Mr. Dietrichson |
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Byron Barr as Nino Zachetti |
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Richard Gaines as Edward S. Norton Jr. |
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Fortunio Bonanova as Sam Garlopis |
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John Philliber as Joe Pete |
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Douglas Spencer as Lou Schwartz (uncredited) |
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Mona Freeman as Secretary (uncredited) |
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Miriam Nelson as Keyes' Secretary (uncredited) |
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Teala Loring as Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
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Betty Farrington as Nettie (uncredited) |
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Constance Purdy as Shopper in Market (uncredited) |
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Sam McDaniel as Charlie (uncredited) |
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Florence Wix as Passenger at Station (uncredited) |
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Harold Garrison as Redcap (uncredited) |
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Edmund Cobb as Train Conductor (uncredited) |
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Kernan Cripps as Conductor (uncredited) |
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Dick Rush as Pullman Conductor (uncredited) |
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Billy Mitchell as Pullman Porter (uncredited) |
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James Adamson as Pullman Porter (uncredited) |
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Floyd Shackelford as Pullman Porter (uncredited) |
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Oscar Smith as Pullman Porter (uncredited) |
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Raymond Chandler as Man Reading Book (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Norton's Secretary (uncredited) |
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Eddie Hall as Man in Drug Store (uncredited) |
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Clarence Muse as Man (uncredited) |
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George Magrill as Man (uncredited) |
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John Berry as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Billy Wilder | Director |
| Writing | James M. Cain | Novel |
| Writing | Billy Wilder | Screenplay |
| Writing | Raymond Chandler | Screenplay |
| Sound | Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Art | Bertram C. Granger | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Editing | Doane Harrison | Editor |
| Sound | Stanley Cooley | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Walter Oberst | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Doane Harrison | Supervising Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Key Makeup Artist |
