Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity is a 1944 film noir It stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. The movie was adapted by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler from the novella Three of a Kind by James M. Cain that first appeared in 1935 in abridged, 8-part serial form in Liberty Magazine. It was directed by Wilder. The story was based on a 1927 crime perpetrated by a married Queens woman and her lover. Ruth (Brown) Snyder persuaded her boyfriend to kill her husband, after having her spouse take out a big insurance policy - with a double-indemnity clause. The murderers were quickly identified and arrested. 1

Awards

It was nominated for Academy Awards for

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• Best Actress in a Leading Role (Barbara Stanwyck)
• Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
• Best Director (Billy Wilder)
• Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
• Best Picture
• Best Writing, Screenplay.
  

This film noir received no Academy Awards.

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The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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