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Film · 10 connectionsAn insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
Directed byBilly Wilder
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1950 · 110 min · Drama
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Same director
1945 · 101 min · Drama
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
Strong story similarity
1950 · 81 min · Crime · Thriller
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
Similar atmosphere
1942 · 81 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
Same director
1953 · 120 min · Comedy · Drama · War
After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.
Strong story similarity
1947 · 97 min · Crime · Thriller
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Strong story similarity
1952 · 71 min · Crime · Thriller
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Strong story similarity
1958 · 128 min · Mystery · Romance · Thriller
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Strong story similarity
1951 · 103 min · Crime · Drama
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
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1946 · 114 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
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