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Latest revision as of 22:31, 22 October 2014
#181. Double Indemnity
- Year: 1944
- Country: USA
- Production: Paramount, 107m B&W
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Producer: Buddy DeSylva, Joseph Sistrom
- Screenplay: Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler, from the book by James M. Cain
- Photography: John F. Seitz
- Music: Miklós Rózsa
- Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
- Oscar Noms: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Score, Best Sound Mixing
- Blog Club Rating: 9.2/10
Abridged Book Description
Adapted by director Billy Wilder and author Raymond Chandler from the hard-boiled novel by James M. Cain, Double Indemnity is the archetypal film noir, the tale of a desperate dame and a greedy man, of murder for sordid profit and sudden, violent betrayal. Yet it has a weird, evocative romanticism ("How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?") and pays off, extraordinarily for 1944, with a confession not only of murder but also of love between two men... MacMurray spent his whole career, first at Paramount then at Disney and finally at sitcoms, as a genial nice guy, always smiling, always folksy; twice he crawled behind his smile and marvelously played a complete heel, his cleft chin sweaty and in need of a shave, his smooth salesman's talk a cover for lechery, larceny, and murderous intent.