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Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Fred Macmurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

154 reviews
Sales Rank: 2197

Format: Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 107
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: MCAD29078D
UPC: 025192907821
EAN: 0025192907821
ASIN: B00005JNG5

Theatrical Release Date: September 6, 1944
Release Date: August 22, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
A salesman & a blonde kill her husband & get away with it until the insurance investigator becomes obsessed with the case. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: Fred Macmurray Edward G Robinson Run time: 107 minutes Rating: Nr

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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

Customer Reviews: Read 149 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

ONE OF THE GREATS January 6, 2009
The combination of Billy Wilder ( directing ), and Raymond Chandler ( screenplay ) should have insured any movie 'classic' status, but the addition of an excellent cast nailed the lid down. The chemistry between Stanwyck ( who pretty much set the standard here for femme fatales ), and Fred MacMurray ( in, arguably, his best role ) was incendiary. Add Edward G. Robinson, and the mix is positively lethal.

For all the pretty packaging of this product the 'extras' pretty much suck. Still, the movie does look a bit better than it did on my old VHS tape.

4 out of 5 stars

I disagree December 21, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

-The movie looks great
-Those who say the remaster is bad are wrong
-Buy the movie

5 out of 5 stars

Double tour de force December 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

In this classic *film noir*, the infamous Hollywood production code of the 30s-40s, which prohibited explicit erotic language and images, actually makes things more interesting. Take, for instance, the delicious exchange of double-entendres about a *speed limit* during the first encounter between Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray.

The main theme of the movie, of course, is the classic *femme fatale* motif, which denotes the dream produced by a male-dominated society (America in the 30s-50s) of a cold, manipulative, and calculating female. She is lacking any morality. Needles to say, it is a dream, fiction, and a masochistic dream at that, because he dreams about being exploited by a woman.

Also, it is perhaps a bit obscure, the quasi-Oedipal triangle, where "father* figure is split in two - Barbara Stanwyck's husband, *negative* father and a *symbolic* father (Keyes). After the killing, the hero must pay the price. The very last scene Keys tells dying Neff that Keyes is *much more* to him than just a colleague. In fact Keyes is Neff's missing *father*. This is sublime piece of cinema - perhaps one of the best Hollywood has ever created.

3 out of 5 stars

Double Indemnity November 27, 2008
Double Indemnity is my first experience in traditional film noir and i quite enjoyed it. The film stood out to me in a number of ways, mostly the unique story and the look of the film. Double Indemnity's story was unique largely because the protagonist in many ways didn't seem to be a good person. It was one of those movies where its hard to completely identify with any of the characters yet it still remains interesting. I really liked the typical noir look that the movie had. I think the film is a fairly typical example of film noir and im looking forward to seeing more movies like it.

5 out of 5 stars

The best September 26, 2008
Great movie. Excellent value. Arrived quickly. No problems. Have ordered many items and have never been disappointed. Thank you.

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