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Double Idemnity (DVD + Digital Copy)

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  • Additional Details
  • Format: DVD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 108 Minutes
  • Region: 1 Region?
  • Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen
  • Studio: Universal
  • DVD Release Date: September 4, 2012
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Audio:
    ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
    SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
  • Director: Billy Wilder
  • Cast: Fred MacMurray , Barbara Stanwyck , Edward Robinson , Porter Hall , Fortunio Bonanova , Jean Heather
  • Genre: Mystery & Suspense
  • Color: Black & White
  • Includes:
    Introduction by Turner Classic Movies Host and Film Historian Robert Osborne
    Shadows Of Suspense: Plunge Into The World Of 1940s Hollywood With a Revealing Look At A Movie Masterpiece
    Feature Commentary With Film Historian Richard Schickel
    Feature Commentary With Film Historian/Screenwriter Lem Dobbs and Film Historian Nick Redman
  • Release Date: 1944
Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck star in the gripping film noir classic, Double Indemnity, directed by Academy Award winner Billy Wilder. A calculating wife (Stanwyck) encourages her wealthy husband to sign a double indemnity policy proposed by smitten insurance agent Walter Neff (MacMurray). As the would-be lovers plot the unsuspecting husband's murder, they are pursued by a suspicious claims manager (Edward G. Robinson). It's a race against time to get away with the perfect crime in this suspenseful masterpiece that was nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture.

Expert Review:
The best film noir is debatable but “Double Indemnity,” by director Billy Wilder, is certainly the prototype for much that followed. Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck are adulterous lovers who plot to murder Stanwyck’s husband and cash in his insurance policy. Edward G. Robinson shines as MacMurray’s boss. Knock-out performances, full-on style, sexy wit. Wilder and Raymond Chandler wrote the script, based on James M. Cain’s novel.   By Jacqueline Fitzgerald of Film Noir Blonde

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