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TV Stars Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray Reveal Secrets From ‘Double Indemnity’ Set
Double Indemnity stars Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray revealed secrets from set — including lost scenes, cast troubles, smear campaigns and more.
In a lost final scene dropped from 1944’s Double Indemnity, Edward G. Robinson’s insurance investigator stands by as his friend, played by Fred MacMurray, is put to death at San Quentin prison. Based on a real-life murder case, Double Indemnity starred Barbara as an alluring temptress who plots with a stranger to kill her husband and collect on his life insurance policy. “The standards of the day did not favor dark visions,” explains Alain Silver, coauthor with Ursini of From the Moment They Met It Was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir.
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