Billy Wilder's classic noir, a familiar brew of lust, larceny, and lethal intentions, stars Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck as a hot-blooded couple. Framed in flashback, the story is told by the dying Walter Neff (MacMurray), beginning with his first meeting with the seductive Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck) during a routine renewal of her husband's car insurance. After some flirtation she arranges a meeting without her husband, where she asks about an accident policy to be bought without her husband's knowledge. Although repulsed by the implications of her suggestions, his obsession with Phyllis leads Neff to contemplate the possibility of finding a way to kill her husband while making his death look like an accident. After she comes to his apartment, the insurance salesman finally agrees to become involved in the murder, and the two of them begin methodically working out the details. After they dispose of Dietrichson, Neff learns more than he wanted about Phyllis' unsavory past, but realizes he's now too involved to extricate himself. He's also concerned about his a boss, Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), an omniscient insurance investigator who has taken over the case. DOUBLE INDEMNITY is brilliant noir, among the best of the genre, with a byzantine yet utterly plausible plot, stylized hard-boiled dialogue by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and three terrific performances by Stanwyck, MacMurray, and Robinson.
Product Identifiers
UPC
0025192126314
eBay Product ID (ePID)
180660070
Product Key Features
Actor
Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred Macmurray
Edition
70th Anniversary Limited Edition; Includes Digital Copy; Ult
Rating
NR
Movie/TV Title
Double Indemnity
Director
Samuel Wilder, Billy Wilder
Format
Blu-ray Disc
Release Year
2014
Genre
Drama
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Display Format
70th Anniversary Limited Edition; Includes Digital Copy; Ult
Signal Standard
Blu-ray Disc
Leading Role
Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred Macmurray