pro ven . ▁In ▁a ▁conversation ▁with ▁Peter ▁Bog dan ov ich , ▁a ▁film ▁director ▁and ▁writer , ▁Ul mer ▁claimed ▁that ▁after ▁the ▁huge ▁box ▁office ▁success ▁of ▁Double ▁Ind em n ity ▁( 1 9 4 4 ) ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁rip - off ▁script ▁with ▁the ▁working ▁title ▁Single ▁Ind em n ity ▁for ▁film ▁producer ▁Sig mund ▁Ne uf eld . ▁He ▁err one ously ▁believed ▁that ▁Ne uf eld ' s ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁Bl onde ▁Ice . ▁However , ▁Bl onde ▁Ice ▁was ▁neither ▁produced ▁by ▁Ne uf eld ▁nor ▁does ▁its ▁plot ▁res emble ▁that ▁of ▁Double ▁Ind em n ity . ▁Therefore , ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁connection ▁between ▁Ul mer ▁and ▁the ▁screen play ▁of ▁Bl onde ▁Ice . ▁It ▁is ▁believed ▁the ▁film ▁Ul mer ▁was ▁actually ▁referring ▁to ▁is ▁Ap ology ▁for ▁Mur der ▁( 1 9 4 5 ) ▁ ▁Rest oration ▁Bl onde ▁Ice ▁was ▁in ▁original ity ▁directed ▁by ▁Jack ▁Bern hard , ▁a ▁British - American ▁director ▁responsible ▁for ▁films ▁such ▁as ▁Dec oy ▁( 1 9 4 6 ), ▁Un known ▁Island ▁( 1 9 4 8 ), ▁and ▁The ▁Second ▁Face ▁( 1 9 5 0 ). ▁The ▁film , ▁which ▁in ▁its ▁own ▁time ▁was ▁gl anced ▁over ▁by ▁most ▁movie - go ers ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁status ▁as ▁a ▁B ▁Movie , ▁had ▁been ▁considered ▁lost ▁until ▁its ▁re app earance ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁when ▁it ▁was