Wilder's "Double Indemnity" was one of the earlier films noir. The photography by John Seitz helped develop the noir style of sharp-edged shadows and shots, strange angles and lonely Edward Hopper settings. It's the right fit for the hard urban atmosphere and dialogue created by Cain, Chandler, and.
However, as I write this review, Double Indemnity is my all-time favorite. Double Indemnity movie reviews & Metacritic score: An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an in. From the shocking and unexpected beginning to the already known but still surprising end, the audience is held rapt I think it's a big appeal to this movie, except to younger folks who look at it as "cheesy." I read the book, Double Indemnity written by James Cain.
Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Who would have thought a movie about an insurance guy could be so bitter, so suspenseful, so I love Double Indemnity because it's about a couple who are cheap and greedy, but achieve a kind of. Double Indemnity also stands among the most singular examples of film noir; though, like many of its kind, it predates the term that defines it. Double Indemnity is the story of an insurance salesman who tries to use the actions of a beautiful woman to receive death insurance from her husband. An unforgettable ride from beginning to end, Double Indemnity is my favorite of all noir films. Billy Wilder in front of all should be given the credit.
Trailer Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity stars the Dad from My Three Sons (Fred MacMurray) and Barbara Stanwyck, with Edward G. The original headline was "Double Indemnity Drama of Knockout Proportions." With his Double Indemnity for Paramount, Billy Wilder has broken open a door hitherto locked to all those connected with the creation of motion pictures. The movie tells the story of an insurance representative (Walter Neff) who embarked on a crazy mission of insurance fraud after he fell in love with a married woman.
And he also became quite greedy as he aimed for the "double indemnity clause" to extract the most money possible. Check out the exclusive TVGuide.com movie review and see our movie rating for Double Indemnity. It is such a perfect movie (if such a thing is possible) that seeing it for the first time is something of a. It followed the time-honoured noir plotline of a man undone by an evil woman.