DIRECTOR: Billy Wilder
STARRING: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather
RATED: NR
OPINION STARS: 4 out of 5
THIS FILM IS: Suspenseful, Eerie, Clever
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DESCRIPTION: Femme fatale Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck) - who is unhappliy married to a stingy oil executive - seduces smooth-talking insurance salesman Walter Neff (MacMurray) into helping her murder her husband and collect the insurance money. It's the perfect crime... too perfect. Robinson co-stars as the wily Barton Keyes, an insurance investigator who has a hunch that something isn't right. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture 1944.
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VIOLENCE AND GORE: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
FRIGHTENING CONTENT: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
LANGUAGE: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
MATURE THEMES: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
INDECENT CONTENT: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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NOTE: Based on the novel by James Cain. With it's cleverly unpredictable plot and snappy dialogue, Double Indemnity is a film that could easily give the famous suspense-master Alfred Hitchcock a run for his money. The acting is superb as well: Stanwyck is suitably chilling as the sadistic Mrs. Dietrichson; MacMurray is convincing as Walter Neff, the love-struck sap; and Robinson turns in a top-notch performance as Keyes, the short, smart insurance investigator.
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For Ages 12+
"Who’d you think I was anyway? The guy that walks into a good looking dame’s front parlour 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?'”
