Double Indemnity (1944): Refusing the Set-up

The clip Refusing the set-up from Double Indemnity (1944) with Fred MacMurray

I want to ask you something, Walter.
Could I get an accident policy for him without bothering him at all?
How's that, again?
It would make it easier for you, too. You wouldn't even have to talk to him.
I have a little allowance of my own.
I could pay for it and he needn't know anything about it.
Why shouldn't he know?
Because he doesn't want accident insurance.
He's superstitious about it. A lot of people are. That's funny, isn't it?
If there was a way to get it like that, all the worry would be over.
See what I mean, Walter?
Sure. I got good eyesight.
You mean you want him to have the policy without him knowing it.
And that means without the insurance company knowing that he doesn't know it.
That's the setup, isn't it?
Is there anything wrong with it?
No, I think it's lovely.
Then, if some dark, wet night, that crown block did fall on him...
What crown block?
Only sometimes it can't quite make it on its own, it has to have a little help.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Of course, it doesn't have to be a crown block.
It can be a car backing over him, or he could fall out of the upstairs window.
Any little thing like that, just so it's a morgue job.
Are you crazy?
Not that crazy.
Goodbye, Mrs. Dietrichson.
What's the matter?
Look, baby, you can't get away with it.
You want to knock him off, don't you?
That's a horrible thing to say.
What'd you think I was, anyway?
A guy that walks into a good looking dame's front parlor and says:
'Good afternoon, I sell accident insurance on husbands.
'You got one that's been around too long?
'One you'd like to turn into a little hard cash?
'Just give me a smile and I'll help you collect. '
Boy, what a dope you must think I am.

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