After signing a double indemnity
insurance policy, Mr. Dietrichson (Tom Powers) becomes suspiciously accident-prone.
The muder/fraud scheme is actually concocted by his femme fatale wife Phyllis
(Barbara Stanwyck) who tricks a slick insurance agent, Walter Neff (Fred
MacMurray), into assisting her evil plot. That is, until claims manager
Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) gets a whiff of the plan and pursues them.
This Billy Wilder-directed film was also nominated for six Academy Awards. |