Double Indemnity (1973 film)

Double Indemnity
Genre	Crime Drama Romance
Based on	Double Indemnity by Billy Wilder     Raymond Chandler Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
Teleplay by	Steven Bochco
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 (1973-10-13)

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

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

• 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

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.

Reception

The New York Times said the film "amounts to a flattish copy".

See also

• List of American films of 1973
• ABC Movie of the Week

External links

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