- The film 'Double Indemnity' was created in 1944 by Billy Wilder
- The script was based on James M. Cain's 1943 novella of the same title, which originally appeared as an eight-part serial in Liberty magazine.
- When 'Double Indemnity' opended on september 6th 1944 it was an immediate hit with audiences
- Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck both starred in it as Walter Neff and Phyllis Dietrichson
- Cain's agent sent copies of the novella to all the major studios and within days, MGM, Warner Bros., Paramount, 20th Century-Fox, and Columbia were all competing to buy the rights for $25,000
Trailer for 'Double Indemnity'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Indemnity_(film)#Cast - most information was found here
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/
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Here is version which was recreated by a media group
a good start but it needs more depth of your own voice
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