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Double Indemnity (1944)

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1944

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Double Indemnity (1944) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.7245

Avg Critic Score:3.6235

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Guardian/Observer

Quintessential film noir. An insurance salesman gets caught in a labyrinth of duplicity when he and wicked femme fatale (Barbara Stanwyck) attempt an elaborate insurance fraud. ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at Guardian/Observer

Hollywood Reporter (--)

By general consensus, Billy Wilder's 1944 murder thriller, "Double Indemnity," was the first Film Noir movie, not because it was the first to mix German Expressionist lighting with a realistic urban American setting, and not because the hero--who is an ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at Hollywood Reporter (--)

DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")

Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) has found success in the insurance business, but he has become bored with lifestyle. But a little excitement creeps in when he least suspects it, as part of a routine visit to renew a client's insurance. He makes a stop at ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")

Film e Dvd

Lâ��agente assicurativo Walter Neff incontra lâ��affascinante Phyllis Dietrichson perchÃ¨ lei ha intenzione di rinnovare lâ��assicurazione dellâ��auto di suo marito. I due sono immediatamente attratti uno dallâ��altra e ben presto progettano di uccidere ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at Film e Dvd

BBCi - Films

Tragedy is foretold from the outset as Walter Neff (MacMurray), nursing a gunshot wound, decides to record a confession. In devastatingly brusque voiceover he talks us through a series of flashbacks, starting from a fateful tÃªte-Ã -tÃªte with wily ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at BBCi - Films

Double Indemnity (1944) Critic Reviews continued...

Austin Chronicle (Jerry Renshaw)

Based on the James M. Cain novel, Double Indemnity finds Walter Neff (MacMurray) being conned by Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck) into devising a plot to knock off her husband and make off with a settlement from his insurance policy. Raymond Chandler ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at Austin Chronicle (Jerry Renshaw)

Review

Not every film I pick as an essential classic is a great film; Double Indemnity is one of those. The presence of Fred MacMurray alone is enough to take it down a few notches (sorry, personal jab). The reason I picked this movie is because it gives ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at Review

Slant Magazine

n accepted classic and archetypal film noir, Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity is visually drab and flabby around the edges. Its seamy tale of murder is not layered in any way; what you see (or, in Wilder's case, hear) is what you get. There are several ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at Slant Magazine

Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)

Quelques mois plus tÃ´t, Walter Neff, un agent en assurances, fait la connaissance de Phyllis Dietrichson. Cette derniÃ¨re souhaite assurer son mari sans que ce dernier le sache. Walter devient alors soupÃ§onneux mais il est fascinÃ© par Phyllis. Neff et ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)

Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)

Double Indemnity is highly entertaining melodrama best summed up by the studio's original tag line... From the Moment they met it was ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)

James Sanford on Film (James Sanford)

For the generation that grew up thinking of MacMurray as the kindly father-figure on "My Three Sons" and Stanwyck as the regal matriarch of "The Big Valley," it's a jolt to see them playing such devious, money-hungry types. ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at James Sanford on Film (James Sanford)

Movie Mirror (Sanderson Beck)

In 1938 in an empty Los Angeles office Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) dictates his confession to murder and insurance fraud for a woman and money he didn't get. Walter tells his story. In May he knocks on the door and meets Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at Movie Mirror (Sanderson Beck)

That Cow (Andrew Bradford)

Is there something about older movies that makes us - I guess I should say 'me' - more forgiving? There was a time when ideas were new, at least to the silver screen. Is there something about a genre when it hasn't been explored to death ...read the complete Double Indemnity movie review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)

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