USA,
1944, 107 min
Directed by:
Billy WilderCinematography:
John F. SeitzComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber, Clarence Muse (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Has dialogue ever been more perfectly hard-boiled? Has a femme fatale ever been as deliciously evil as Barbara Stanwyck? And has 1940s Los Angeles ever looked so seductively sordid? When slick salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) walks into the swank home of dissatisfied housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), he intends to sell her insurance, but he winds up becoming entangled with her in a far more sinister way. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1945 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
- 1945 - Billy Wilder (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 1945 - Barbara Stanwyck (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 1945 - Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 1945 - John F. Seitz (Best Cinematography (Black-and-White))
- 1945 - Miklós Rózsa (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))
- 1945 - Best Sound Mixing
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1944 - Billy Wilder (Best Director)
- 1944 - Barbara Stanwyck (Best Actress)