Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Format: Digipak, Academy , 1.33:1, Closed Captioned, Black and White
DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Audio Track 2: Spanish, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
"Shadows of Suspense" documentary
Audio Commentary from Film Historian Richard Schickel
Audio Commentary with Film Historian / Screenwriter Lem Dobbs and Film Historian Nick Redman
Double Indemnity TV Movie (1973, 75 mins.)
(1944) Billy Wilder shocked audiences and tweaked the morality watchdogs with this ruthless adaptation of James M. Cain’s notorious novel, creating one of the touchstone films noir in process. Barbara Stanwyck is the icy adulteress who plants the seeds of murder in the mind of Fred MacMurray’s conniving insurance agent and Edward G. Robinson is persistent investigator Keys. The masterpiece of film noir double dealing was nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (co-written by Wilder with Raymond Chandler), Best Actress (Stanwyck), and Best Cinematography (for John Seitz's cool, crisp, shadowy imagery), but it was just a little too cynical and sour to win anything in that era. The second disc features the 1973 TV-movie remake starring Richard Crenna in the MacMurray role, Samantha Eggar as the seductive Phyllis, and Lee J. Cobb as the insurance boss Keys.
Studio: Universum Film GmbH
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)
Label: Image Entertainment
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Format: Snap Case, Academy , 1.33:1, Closed Captioned, Black and White, Sides:1 (SS-SL)
DVD Features: Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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