Saturday, July 27, 2024
Double Indemnity
- Commentary: Under construction.
Even though the scenario in this movie is common enough in movie-story telling, let alone any kind of story telling, there is something universally perverse in its presentation in this movie, not to mention that the choice of actors was (and remains) genius. I've probably seen this movie, one way or another, at least five times over my movie-watching life time. I will never hesitate to watch it again. And again. Magnificent world building.
This movie, by the way, is one of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Fred MacMurray Walter Neff Barbara Stanwyck Phyllis Dietrichson Edward G. Robinson Barton Keyes Porter Hall Jackson Jean Heather Lola Dietrichson Tom Powers Dietrichson Byron Barr Nino Zachetti Richard Gaines Norton Fortunio Bonanova Sam Gorlopis John Philliber Joe Pete Raymond Chandler Man Reading Magazine Bess Flowers Norton's Secretary
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1944
Directed by Billy Wilder.
Labels: barbara-stanwyck, Criterion8, film-noir3, thriller4
