movie studios of Hollywood's Poverty Row, filmed a movie titled Single Indemnity starring Ann Savage and Hugh Beaumont. Released as Apology for Murder, Paramount was not fooled by the title change and quickly obtained an injunction against the film's release that still remains in effect. So many imitations flooded the market that Cain believed he deserved credit and remuneration. Instead he led a movement within the Screen Writers Guild to create the American Author's Authority, a union that owned its members' works, negotiated better subsidiary deals, and protected against copyright infringement on behalf of its members. This was, however, during the depth of the Red Scare in Hollywood and Guild members rejected the socialist notion. See also List of American films of 1944 Notes References External links Double Indemnity essay by Matt Zoller Seitz at National Film Registry The Black Heart of Double Indemnity an essay by Angelica Jade Bastién at The Criterion Collection Double Indemnity film script at the Internet Movie Script Database Double Indemnity: The Complete File story analysis Film locations now and then Streaming audio Double Indemnity on Screen Guild Theater: March 5, 1945 Double Indemnity on Lux Radio Theater: October 30, 1950 1940s crime thriller films 1944 films Adultery in films American black-and-white films American crime thriller films Articles containing video clips 1940s English-language films Film noir Films about capital punishment Films about murder Films based on American novels Films based on works by James M. Cain Films directed by Billy Wilder Films scored by Miklós Rózsa Films set in 1938 Films set in Los Angeles Films shot in Los Angeles Films with screenplays by Billy Wilder Films with screenplays by Raymond Chandler Paramount Pictures films United States National Film Registry films Universal Pictures films 1940s American films