"A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance."
Fred MacMurray
as Walter Neff
Barbara Stanwyck
as Phyllis Dietrichson
Edward G. Robinson
as Barton Keyes
Porter Hall
as Mr. Jackson
Jean Heather
as Lola Dietrichson
Tom Powers
as Mr. Dietrichson
Byron Barr
as Nino Zachetti
Richard Gaines
as Edward S. Norton Jr.
Fortunio Bonanova
as Sam Garlopis
John Philliber
as Joe Pete
John Berry
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Raymond Chandler
as Man Reading Book (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
as Conductor (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Norton's Secretary (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
as Man in Drug Store (uncredited)
Teala Loring
as Pacific All-Risk Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
as Charlie the Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
as Man (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
as Lou Schwartz (uncredited)
Harold Garrison
as Redcap (uncredited)
James Adamson
Betty Farrington
as Dietrichsons' Maid Nettie (uncredited)
George Magrill
Constance Purdy
as Shopper in Market (uncredited)
Dick Rush
as Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
Floyd Shackelford
Oscar Smith
Miriam Nelson
as Keyes' Secretary (uncredited)
Mona Freeman
as Secretary (uncredited)
Florence Wix
as Train Passenger at Station (uncredited)
Screenplay
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration
James M. Cain
Novel
Edith Head
Costume Design
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Joseph Sistrom
Producer
Hal Pereira
Billy Wilder
Director
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Jack Gage
Dialect Coach
Charles Gemora
Makeup Artist
Robert Ewing
Harvey Clermont
Casting
Doane Harrison
Supervising Film Editor
Eugene Zador
Orchestrator
Wally Westmore
Editor
Ed Henderson
Still Photographer
Hollis Barnes
Hairstylist
Loren L. Ryder
Sound Recordist
Jack Colconda
Props
Harlow Stengel
Camera Operator
Stanley Cooley
David S. Hall
Production Design
Al Trosin
Assistant Production Manager
Jim Cottrell
Walter Oberst
Walter McLeod
Key Grip
Otto Pierce
Chet Stafford
Electrician
Neva Bourne
Wardrobe Master
Eugene Joseff
Other
Bill Rabb
Lee Hall
Assistant Editor
Louis Kaufman
Musician
Dorothy Staton
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