Double Indemnity - (Wilder;1944;USA) - ****
An insurance agent is seduced into murdering a woman's rich husband for insurance money.
The greatest Film-Noir ever made. Wilder is definately one of my favorite directors, especially in dialogue. This is my third or fourth view and it doesn't get old. The screenplay is also written by popular Noir writer Raymond Chandler. MacMurray and Stanwyck are both great in their roles, but IMO the acting glow comes from Edward G. Robinson as the clever insurance worker. The music is also very good in keeping with the film's pacing, tense in all the right moments. A true classic among the 40's. It's a shame the DVD is coming out two years from now.
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