Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)

Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
by Billy Wilder

Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
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Actor: Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Fred MacMurray, Jean Heather, Porter Hall
Director: Billy Wilder
Brand: Uni
Cinematographer: John F. Seitz
Writer: Billy Wilder
Producer: Buddy G. DeSylva
Producer: Joseph Sistrom
Writer: James M. Cain
Writer: Raymond Chandler
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Reviews of Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)

DVD Review: Intriguing and Interesting Movie.
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a very classic film noir that deserves all the accolades it has received. Fred MacMurray does an excellent job of his role and Edward G. Robinson is especially stellar. Barbara Stanwyck does an excellent job of the acting, although, I personally don't think she has the classic face of a femme fatale. The story centers around her convincing Fred MacMurray's character to commit murder. And then Edward G. Robinson's character of the Insurance Claims Manager who tries to figure out how to get out of paying the steep insurance reward. The plot is complex and the plan intricate. There are some predictable twists and then some unpredictable twists. It all makes for an intriguing and intresting film.

DVD Review: Double the fun!
Summary: 5 Stars

This item arrived really soon after ordering, and I love it. Thank you so much.

DVD Review: Do you sell accident insurance Mr Neff?
Summary: 5 Stars

This is as good as it gets in 1944. Based on the James M Cain novel and with a screenplay co-written by Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder, this film has it all. Career performances by Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G Robinson guided by the brilliant direction of Billy Wilder make this one of the best films ever to come out of Hollywood.

The screenplay explodes with just the right dialogue. Fabulous lighting by John F Seitz and a great musical score by Miklos Rozsa combine so that there is never a dull moment.

If you like film, you will love Double Indemnity. You owe it to yourself to have this in your film library.

DVD Review: classic suspense
Summary: 5 Stars

this has always been one of my favorites of the NOIR genre.
Barbara Stanwyck at her best - great film

DVD Review: All aboard.
Summary: 5 Stars

This masterpiece of casting , writing and directing(imho),is a 5 star noir special.Note; Is the man sitting outside Keyes(Robinson) office the first time Neff(Fred Mac) walks out, Raymond Chandler?This is Film Noir at its best.Babs , Fred and Eddie G ,were never better and the Wilder/Chandler writing combo is legendary ...contains 2 commentarys and one bad remake..and a so-so transfer.(Fred Mac would have made a great Marlowe)

Description of Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)

An insurance salesman and an unhappy wife conspire to murder her husband and collect his insurance policy.
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 08/22/06
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
Director Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard) and writer Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep) adapted James M. Cain's hard-boiled novel into this wildly thrilling story of insurance man Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray), who schemes the perfect murder with the beautiful dame Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck): kill Dietrichson's husband and make off with the insurance money. But, of course, in these plots things never quite go as planned, and Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) is the wily insurance investigator who must sort things out. From the opening scene you know Neff is doomed, as the story is told in flashback; yet, to the film's credit, this doesn't diminish any of the tension of the movie. This early film noir flick is wonderfully campy by today's standards, and the dialogue is snappy ("I thought you were smarter than the rest, Walter. But I was wrong. You're not smarter, just a little taller"), filled with lots of "dame"s and "baby"s. Stanwyck is the ultimate femme fatale, and MacMurray, despite a career largely defined by roles as a softy (notably in the TV series My Three Sons and the movie The Shaggy Dog), is convincingly cast against type as the hapless, love-struck sap. --Jenny Brown

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