A successful insurance salesman returns to his office late one night. Visibly in pain, he begins dictating a confession. The story, told primarily in flashback, involves a beautiful, yet dangerous, woman, Phillys Dietrichson.
The two met when her husband's insurance policy expired.
Widely regarded as a classic, it is often cited as a paradigmatic film noir that has set the standards for that genre.
Raymond Chandler got inspiration from "The postman always rings twice" by James M. Cain.
Country: Usa
Year: 1944
Running time: 106'
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: Raymond Chandler, Billy Wilder
Cinematography: John F. Seitz
Editing: Doane Harrison
Music: Miklós Rózsa
With: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Tom Powers
Produced by: Paramount Pictures
