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.
Double Indemnity | |
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Genre | Crime Drama Romance |
Based on | Double Indemnity 1943 novel 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 |
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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 |
Distributor | NBCUniversal Syndication Studios Trifecta Entertainment & Media |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Color (Technicolor) |
Audio format | Mono |
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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.
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]
The New York Times said the film "amounts to a flattish copy".[2]
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