Double Indemnity
We were delighted to previously screen this film but we have no current plans to screen it again. If you'd like to watch it in the cinema, consider a private hire to watch it with friends. That does rely on the film being available for private purchase.
Film details
| Film Title | Double Indemnity |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 107mins |
| Year | 1944 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Director | Billy Wilder |
| Actors | Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Richard Gaines, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Fortunio Bonanova, Byron Barr, John Berry, Raymond Chandler, Edmund Cobb, Kernan Cripps, Bess Flowers, Eddie Hall |
| Language | English |
| Showings |
A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect the insurance, which pays double if the death is accidental.
In spite of the mundane locations, the movie takes place just outside reality, in a land of stark shadows and snappy talk. It’s a world of rotten people, jumping at the chance to lose what soul they have left.
★★★★★
This shrewd, smoothly tawdry thriller, directed by Billy Wilder, is one of the high points of nineteen-forties films.
★★★★★
