Los angeles, 1930s. In the shadow of the great depression, walter huff is a brilliant insurance salesman whose instinct for fraud has made him dangerously good at his job. But when he encounters the alluring and manipulative phyllis nirdlinger while discussing her husbandands life insurance policy, professionalism gives way to obsession. Seduced by desire and blinded by greed, they devise the perfect scheme murder the husband, trigger the double indemnity clause, and vanish with the money. Yet as suspicion tightens and guilt seeps in, cracks begin to form. In a world where passion distorts judgement and trust is a fatal weakness, will walter and phyllis outwit the law andmdash or destroy each other first?