wehadfacesthen: Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944). It
wehadfacesthen: Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944). It was a risk for Stanwyck to take on such a seemingly unlikeable part, but the risk paid off. Double Indemnity was a huge hit (taking in 5 times what it cost to make), and Stanwyck won an Oscar nomination for Best Actress (she lost to Ingrid Bergman for Gaslight). -- source link