Double Indemnity details
| Formats: | PG DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Gaines, Porter Hall, Barbara Stanwyck, Fortunio Bonanova, Tom Powers, Jean Heather, Byron Barr |
| Director: | Billy Wilder |
| Genres: | Drama - Crime, Romantic, War, Thriller - Romance, Crime |
| Studio: | EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT |
| Collections: | American Film Institute's top 100 |
| Name | Discs | |
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Double Indemnity |
PG Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 41 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Not available for rental |
| Main languages: | English |
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Black and White classic
By TheMovieman (32 reviews) from Ramsbottom , 02 Jun 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
There are those that turn their noses up at films made in black and white. To those I say rent this DVD and you will be renting an intelligent and highly enthrauling film noir.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(47)sign on bottom line
By juradino (813 reviews) from London , 24 Apr 2012Insurance salesman meets femme fatale and decides to go along with plan to murder her hubby for 100 thousand bucks. Crime is not quite perfect, they don't cover their (forensic) tracks much but police are dim enough to notice anything on scene apart from dead body. It's his job that gets them by piling up conjecture and circumstantial evidence that plays on their thinking because of its logic. Music kept reminding me of Last Embrace.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Edward G Robinson steals the show
By Bassman71 (630 reviews) from Didsbury, England , 21 Feb 2012Insurance Salesman, tries to sell policy to man but meets his wife, chemistry, plan way to bump off husband and take insurance money, double indemnity.
Well written and acted film noir with a fast moving yet obviously dated script and good story told in a flashback before all coming together at the end.
Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck have great chemistry although Stanwyck’s acting is a little wooden or hammy at times. The star of the show though is Edward G. Robinson’s Barton Keyes who steals every scene and has some fantastic dialogue including a memorable monologue towards the end.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Sheer quality
By a customer , 09 Dec 2011One of the stand alone films of the 40s, wonderfully written with twist and turns all stretching towards a climax, great use of lighting to heighten the mood and directed with great detail. For me Edward G Robinson outshone the other characters, but the story a whole builds and builds until its splayed out in front of you, to go away and think is there such a thing as a the conventional 'good guy' or 'bad guy'. The brilliance of the Raymond chandler and Billy Wilder as inventive, sharp, snappy and clever writers shows in the film as they form a great collaboration for the dialogue.- Was this review helpful to you?
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watch it...
By rendlesham (20 reviews) , 23 Oct 2011total style great plot great acting...worth every penny...don't not watch it...atmosphere,total absorption in this film and not top marks but very good- Was this review helpful to you?
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It's Chandler. It's Edward G. Robinson. It's Noir.
By Slurs from Scotland , 15 Sep 2011Not a lot more to say really. Great dialogue, moody lighting, engaging characters, simple(ish) story. Cracking stuff - often wondered where Edward G's list of suicides speech came from.- Was this review helpful to you?
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