Double Indemnity is a 1973 American made-for-television crime film directed by Jack Smight and starring Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber and Samantha Eggar. It was a remake of Double Indemnity (1944) based on the film rather than the original novel.
Plot Phyllis Dietrichson, a scheming wife, lures insurance salesman Walter Neff into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. Neff's boss Barton Keys, not knowing Neff is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.
Cast Richard Crenna as Walter Neff Lee J. Cobb as Barton Keyes Robert Webber as Edward Norton Samantha Eggar as Phyllis Dietrichson Arch Johnson as Dietrickson Kathleen Cody as Lola Dietrickson John Fiedler as Mr. Jackson John Elerick as Donald Franklin Joan Pringle as Neff's Secretary Gene Dynarski as Sam Bonventura Ken Renard as Porter Joyce Cunning as Norton's Secretary Arnold F. Turner as Redcap (as Arnold Turner)
Production Producer Charles Egelman got Steven Bochco to update the film Double Indemnity but did not substantially change it. They showed the script to Billy Wilder who gave his approval.Redoing Classics a Double Indemnity? Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times (8 Oct 1973: c24.
Reception The New York Times said the film "amounts to a flattish copy".TV Review: Nostalgia Is Lost on Double Indemnity By HOWARD THOMPSON. New York Times 13 Oct 1973: 71.
See also List of American films of 1973 ABC Movie of the Week
References
External links Double Indemnity at TCMDB Double Indemnity at Letterbox DVD Double Indemnity at IMDb