Keyes dismisses the husband as the culprit for something shady taking place, but not Phyllis.
Dietrichson supposed had a broken leg, yet never filed a claim for it despite having just purchased accident insurance. Later that night, Keyes shows up at Walter’s apartment with a gut feeling that something is not right. After she leaves, Keyes makes it clear that the payout will have to be made because of the statistical improbability of it being a suicide. He meets with Phyllis who is authentically taken aback by the suggestion that she may not be deserving of a payout because her husband’s death may have a suicide. While the police have ruled that the death was an accident, the President of Walter’s insurance company is suspicious and reluctant to shell out the $100,000. They place the dead body on the tracks and leave by car. Walter) a cigar because the poor man is hobbling around on crutches, Walter jumps over the side. When the passenger heads back into the train to get "Mr. His plan to simply jump off the caboose is interrupted by the unexpected sight of another passenger. With Walter hiding in the back seat, Phyllis drives her husband to the train station, but before he gets there Walter emerges and strangles him. Walter turns down that offer and puts the plan into action. The plan is not carried out until June, after the claims agent Barton Keyes has extended an offer to make Walter his assistant. Dietrichson fell from a train so Phyllis can collect the $100,000.
Phyllis and Walter make arrangements for it to appear as if Mr. Dietrichson just unwitting signed carries a double indemnity clause which pays off double the face value in the event of death from a rare accident such as falling off a train. He refuses but accepts the wisdom of purchasing auto insurance, but Walter furtively slips the accident form in for him to sign as well. Dietrichson and with Lola present attempts to sell him on the idea of accident insurance. Finally, he agrees to help Phyllis off the husband.
#DOUBLE INDEMNITY ANALYSIS HOW TO#
Against his better judgment-which is about to almost completely wither under the influence of his unwise passion-Walter mulls over how to get around this obstruction. Dietrichson’s life insurance is not Phyllis, but his daughter Lola. Walter learns that the beneficiary of Mr. They both give in to the rising passion and embrace and kiss. She admits that her husband has abused and essentially abandoned her, and that she has fantasized about being rid of him. When Phyllis makes some inquiries about the possibility of taking out an accident insurance policy on her husband without her husband’s knowledge, however, Walter gets spooked by the implications of murder and takes his leave.Įven so, he can’t get Phyllis completely out of his mind, and he is not surprised when she suddenly shows up at his apartment. The absence of her husband continues when Walter tries again to meet with him, and the sexual tension ramps up.
Phyllis Dietrichson, a sexually enticing woman with whom Walter flirts. Dietrichson is not at home when Walter arrives.
#DOUBLE INDEMNITY ANALYSIS UPDATE#
It all started, he begins, on that day in May when he headed out to the Dietrichson home to update their automobile coverage. The confession is addressed to Barton Keyes, the claims agent who is his immediate superior. and he is in his office, recording a confession into his Dictaphone. Neff is an insurance salesman for the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co. The night is dark and the blood seeping from Walter Neff is red.