DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) - ♦♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Billy Wilder

Written by - Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler (based on the novel by James M. Cain)

Starring - Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, John Philliber

"Certainly a great femme fatale plot, that sees a conniving and seductive woman, played equally convincingly and seductively by Barbara Stanwyck in one of her deadliest roles, who persuades an insurance salesman to fall in love with her and kill her husband. Thanks to a great screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler full of snappy dialogue and imposing sexual undertones, and the iconic performances by the cast, this film is a standard setting noir and one of the most memorable examples of the genre, carrying an influence which still resonates to this day."

Noir, USA