简介:Walter Neff(弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray 饰)是一个成功的保险代理人,他在夜里回到办公室,开始在一个录音机上诉说他的故事......
Neff为了取得Dietrichson先生的保险代理权,来到了他的家中,Dietrichson先生不在,Neff遇到了Dietrichson先生的新妻子Phyllis Dietrichson(芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰)。美丽的Phyllis让Neff感到不自然,而她也开始说起她的丈夫的诸多不好之处。在第二次拜访中,Neff终于控制不住自己的欲望,愿意参与Phyllis的杀夫计划。Neff计划在Dietrichson先生坐火车的时候制造他失足摔下的假象,以骗取“双重保险”。一切进行的非常顺利,Dietrichson先生死掉了,Neff和Phyllis两人的爱情和金钱似乎都有了保障。然而,Neff的好友保险调查员Barton Keyes (爱德华·罗宾逊 Edward G. Robinson 饰)却觉得事有蹊跷,开始调查整个事件......
本片改编自James M. Cain于1943年出版的同名小说,由导演比利·怀尔德和侦探小说作家雷蒙德·钱德勒共同编剧,获第17届奥斯卡最佳影片等7项提名。
简介: On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob
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