This week, Steve Hayes reviews "Double Indemnity," Billy Wilder's class film noir from 1944. Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck shine as illicit lovers who plot the perfect murder -- as does Edward G. Robinson, as a claims adjuster whose job is to find phony claims. With a script by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, based on the novel by James M. Cain, "Double Indemnity" was nominated for six Oscars, including best picture.Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Tired Old Queen at the Movies: 'Double Indemnity' (1944)
This week, Steve Hayes reviews "Double Indemnity," Billy Wilder's class film noir from 1944. Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck shine as illicit lovers who plot the perfect murder -- as does Edward G. Robinson, as a claims adjuster whose job is to find phony claims. With a script by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, based on the novel by James M. Cain, "Double Indemnity" was nominated for six Oscars, including best picture.
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