Double Indemnity (1973)
- Director(s):
- Jack Smight
Synopsis of Double Indemnity
It goes without saying that the 1973 TV-movie version of Double Indemnity doesn't come within shouting distance of the classic 1944 theatrical-movie version. Still, the basic story is a solid one, and the actors are eager to please. Richard Crenna plays the old Fred MacMurray role of Walter Neff, the slightly larcenous insurance salesman inveigled into an elaborate murder/fraud scheme by sexy Phyllis Dietrichson (Samantha Eggar, replacing the 1944 version's Barbara Stanwyck). The scheme almost goes off without a hitch, but Walter's boss Barton Keyes (Lee J. Cobb; originally Edward G. Robinson) has this "stinking" hunch-and besides, you can't trust Phyllis as far as you can throw her. Originally telecast October 13, 1973, Double Indemnity is based on the Raymond Chandler-Billy Wilder script for the 1944 film, which in turn was adapted from James M. Cain's Three of a Kind. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Double Indemnity
- Lee J. Cobb - Barton Keyes
- Gene Dynarski - Sam Bonventura
- John Elerick - Donald Franklin
- Arch Johnson - Dietrichson
- Ken Renard - Porter
- Richard Crenna - Walter Neff
- Arnold Turner - Redcap
- Tom Curtis - Charlie
- Kathleen Cody - Lola Dietrichson
- Samantha Eggar - Phyllis Dietrichson
- John Furlong - George
- Joan Pringle - Neff's Secretary
- Robert Webber - Edward Norton
- John Fiedler - Jackson
- Rand Brooks - Conductor
- Joyce Cunning - Norton's Secretary
- Director(s):
- Jack Smight
- Writer(s):
- Steven Bochco
- Producer(s):
- Robert F. O'Neill
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