"It's love and murder at first sight!"

1944

1h 47m

8.1(1893 votes)

Crime

Thriller

Overview

A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.

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Cast & Crew

32 members

Acting

Fred MacMurray

Walter Neff

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Barbara Stanwyck

Phyllis Dietrichson

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Edward G. Robinson

Barton Keyes

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Porter Hall

Mr. Jackson

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Jean Heather

Lola Dietrichson

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Tom Powers

Mr. Dietrichson

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Byron Barr

Nino Zachetti

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Richard Gaines

Edward S. Norton Jr.

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Fortunio Bonanova

Sam Garlopis

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John Philliber

Joe Pete

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Directing

John Berry

Bit Part (uncredited)

Writing

Raymond Chandler

Man Reading Book (uncredited)

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Edmund Cobb

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Kernan Cripps

Conductor (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Norton's Secretary (uncredited)

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Eddie Hall

Man in Drug Store (uncredited)

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Teala Loring

Pacific All-Risk Telephone Operator (uncredited)

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Sam McDaniel

Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)

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Billy Mitchell

Pullman Porter (uncredited)

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Clarence Muse

Man (uncredited)

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Douglas Spencer

Lou Schwartz (uncredited)

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Harold Garrison

Redcap (uncredited)

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James Adamson

Pullman Porter (uncredited)

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Betty Farrington

Dietrichsons' Maid Nettie (uncredited)

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George Magrill

Man (uncredited)

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Constance Purdy

Shopper in Market (uncredited)

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Dick Rush

Pullman Conductor (uncredited)

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Floyd Shackelford

Pullman Porter (uncredited)

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Oscar Smith

Pullman Porter (uncredited)

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Crew

Miriam Nelson

Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)

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Mona Freeman

Secretary (uncredited)

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Florence Wix

Train Passenger at Station (uncredited)

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