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Summary: Un-Plug phone,push play-Hang On!
Review: This movie had me chewing my nails!Awesome from start to finish
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Summary: If you enjoy classic "film noir" at its best, this is it!
Review: For lovers of the classic "film noir" genre, Billy Wilder's 1944 masterpiece has it all. From the intensely atmospheric 1940's L.A. settings to a plot that slowly coils tighter and tighter until it seems ready to snap, this film must surely be one of the greatest crime dramas ever made. Barbara Stanwyk deservedly earned an Oscar nomination for her performance, and baby-boomers who remember the Fred McMurray of "The Absent-Minded Professor" and "My Three Sons" will be amazed by his performance as the feckless, besotted Walter Neff. I don't want to give too much away, suffice it to say, if you like this sort of movie, buy it. On the negative side, the DVD transfer is mediocre at best (using "Casablanca" as a benchmark), and inexcusably lacks closing credits.
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Summary: Assurance sur la mort
Review: The scene in the supermarket is one of the most famous of all time. E.G Robinson is perfect, as usual. This is the best movie ever made. I don't know if I prefer the french title or the american.
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Summary: A great film noir, perhaps the greatest.
Review: A splendid film , perhaps Billy Wilder' greatest work (along with "Sunset Boulevard"). Fred MacMurray never had a better role (he originally did not want to do it). Excellent work from Stanwyck and Robinson as well. Top-notch film noir and an American film classic.
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Summary: "How fast I was going, officer?"
Review: Despite its genre roots and Fred MacMurray's stiffness, DOUBLE INDEMNITY is still one of the greatest films from the 40s as well as an exemplary noir. The film is a sly, incisive indictment of rampant capitalism and the title, an insurance-speak for 'more money', reflects the unchecked lust and the barely stifled depravity of the characters. Babara Stanwyck plays her black widow role with slimy gusto and sex appeal (Wannabe Sharon Stone should take a lesson or two). The anklet helps too. And the sharply written dialogues snap, crackle and stir you up like a giggling high school girl.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Good plot, good suspense. It all seems well planned, but then everything begins to unravel. A few strange twists, and a good ending.
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Summary: Look, baby, this is good!
Review: I know so many people, my wife among them, who refuse to watch a movie because it is in black and white. They're crazy!! This is a wonderful movie. The acting is great, the plot is great, the scenery is great. I love watching film noir, especially when it was shot in Los Angeles. I often wonder, though, if people really talked like that back then. Tough guy, eh?
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Summary: One of The Best Film Noirs!
Review: The title says it all. If you love film noir or if you want to start watching some film noir films, this is the one. This is beautiful shot in black and white by the great Billy Wilder. Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck both give great performances in this film. Barbara is one of the best femme fatales in the history of cinema. The dialogue between MacMurray and Stanwyck is well written and very well spoken. It doesn't get any better than this...well, maybe Touch of Evil. :)
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Summary: "Double Indemnity" is the Definition of Classic Film Noir
Review: "Double Indemnity" is one of the greatest film noirs ever made, if not the greatest. Barbara Stanwyck is perfect as the icy platinum blonde femme fatale, and Fred MacMurray is surprisingly effective as the insurance man she seduces. The crackling dialogue is about as slick as it comes, which is appropriate, as the film was released at the creative apex of it's genre. The writing and the expert direction of Billy Wilder can uphold the masterpiece status on their merits alone. The DVD transfer is so-so, but it doesn't detract from the movie whatsoever. I don't know why it was not included, but the theatrical trailer would have been a nice addition. [In response to the review made before--placed after--this, there are no ending credits because, as was the case with most films of the time, the credits are at the beginning of the film.]
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Summary: STANWYCK AND MACMURRAY WERE OSCAR ROBBED
Review: Yes, they deserved the 1944 Academy Award. Both of them. They were robbed. Perhaps its because they played murderers and MacMurray was caught in Stanwyck's spider web. The movie was released during the prime war years (1944) and Hollywood chose to go the sentimental route with "GOING MY WAY". But Ingrid Bergman's performance in "Gaslight" in no way comes close to touching Stanwyck's bravura in "Double Indemnity". It was a close race between them but Bergman won out (inexplicably because her performance in Gaslight is overwrought and over the top). Stanwyck's evil restraint with one look that could burn a house down. And that wig!! That awful unflattering wig on her! Maybe that's why she didn't win?????
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