‘Double Indemnity’ opens in New York City 70 years ago today (Sep 6 1944)


Video: 'Double Indemnity' (trailer)

(Wednesday, September 6, 1944)Double Indemnity, a film noir about an insurance salesman who gets seduced into plotting a client’s death, opened today at the Paramount Theatre in New York City.

Directed by Billy Wilder, the film starred Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson.