In the classic 1944 movie Double Indemnity,Barbara Stanwyck plays Phyllis Dietrichson,a woman who has devised a scheme with insurance agent Walter Neff,played by Fred MacMurray,to trick her husband into signing a life insurance policy and then kill him to collect the proceeds of the policy.In this scheme to murder her husband,Phyllis and her partner Walter took advantage of the husband when getting him to sign the life insurance policy,a situation which describes

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Adverse selection occurs when one party in a transaction has more information than the other, often leading to the less informed party making a decision that is to their disadvantage. In this case, Phyllis and Walter have more information about their intentions than the husband, who unknowingly signs a life insurance policy that will be used against him.

In the Classic 1944 Movie Double Indemnity,Barbara Stanwyck Plays Phyllis