Double Indemnity is a 1944 American film directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, adapted from James M. Cain's novella, in which an insurance salesman played by Fred MacMurray conspires with a client's wife, played by Barbara Stanwyck, to murder her husband and collect on a fraudulent accident policy. Narrated in flashback by the doomed salesman as a confession into a dictaphone, the film established narrative and visual conventions, including its fatalistic voiceover and high-contrast lighting, that became defining features of the genre it helped found. Double Indemnity is widely regarded as one of the founding and most influential films of American film noir.
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When was Double Indemnity added to the National Film Registry?
Double Indemnity was added to the National Film Registry in 1992.
The Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board lists Double Indemnity, the film released in 1944, in its National Film Registry with an induction year of 1992. The registry listing gives only the film's release year and the year it was selected, so it does not say why the film was chosen.
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Double Indemnity is a 1944 American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom.
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Double Indemnity is a 1944 American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom.
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Double Indemnity is a 1944 American film directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, adapted from James M. Cain's novella, in which an insurance salesman played by Fred MacMurray conspires with a client's wife, played by Barbara Stanwyck, to murder her husband and collect on a fraudulent accident policy.
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Double Indemnity is a 1944 American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom.
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Double Indemnity is a 1944 American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom.
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Double Indemnity 1944 1992
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