Director Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler (Creator of the ultimate private investigator, Philp Marlowe - 'The Big Sleep', 'Farewell My Lovely'), adapted James M. Cain's hard-boiled novel into this dark film noir. Insurance investigator Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) plans the perfect murder with the beautiful Phyllis Dietrichson .. Read more
| Starring | Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall |
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| Director | Billy Wilder |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Archetypal film noir of the forties, brilliantly filmed and incisively written, perfectly capturing the decayed Los Angeles atmosphere of a Chandler novel but using a simpler story and more substantial characters. The hero/villain was almost a new
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Black and White classic
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 ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Sheer quality
One 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 ... read more »
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watch it...
total 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
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It's Chandler. It's Edward G. Robinson. It's Noir.
Not a lot more to say really. Great dialogue, moody lighting, engaging characters, simple(ish) story. Cracking stuff - often wondered where Edward G's list ... read more »
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Timeless masterpiece
Wilder and Chandler with James M. Cain source material: could it get any better? No.
As Wilder's autobiography makes clear, working with Chandler... read more »
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Insurance : See the Movie!
Not a great title but true. Dark brooding atmospheric film - definite shades of Dostoyevsky's crime and punishment. Interesting study of guilt, innocence, ... read more »
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Superb film noir.
Perfect noir movie. Story great, screenplay scintillating, cast superb (especially the incomparable Edward G. Robinson), tautly directed by Wilder (who ... read more »
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Double Indemnity
A good story. MacMurray's portrayal of 'Neff' as fast-talking and unfeeling,
was too much like Humphrey Bogart, whose acting I also don&#... read more »
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Excellent Film Noir
The screen play was adapted by Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard & Some Like It Hot) and Raymond Chandler (Philip Marlowe) from the novel by James M Cain (The ... read more »
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Wilder's Mistake!
This is a classic black and white, Wilder film of a great story, hopelessly let down by the casting of MacMurray as the insurance man. A plank could be more ... read more »
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Almost tipping over
Yes, it is a classic film noir and it's good as such but all the time it feel as though it's on the brink of self-parody: MacMurray's unrelenting ... read more »
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