Double Indemnity

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Billy Wilder’s cunning masterpiece, adapted from James M. Cain’s then-notorious pulp novel by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and the very definition of hard boiled. Double Indemnity helped to spawn Hollywood’s era of dark murder thrillers and is one of the greatest noirs ever made. Fred MacMurray plays Walter Neff, the sardonic insurance salesman who is willingly seduced by dissatisfied housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) into planning and executing the murder of her newly insured husband. Edward G. Robinson is Keyes, Neff’s sharp colleague and gruff friend, who smells a rat when Phyllis’ hubby has a fatal train “accident,” qualifying the femme fatale for the lucrative double-indemnity payout. What follows is a ruthless series of betrayals, mind games and double crosses engineered by one of the screen’s all-time great villainesses, with Wilder’s rampant cynicism deliciously heightened by John Seitz’s knockout black and white cinematography. An unmissible heady brew! Introduced by Jack Prosser, Tues 29 Sept Showing as part of our ‘NOBODY’S PERFECT’ Billy Wilder Season – more details here including special ticket offer! Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson Year: 1944 Language: In English Country: USA Running time: 1hr 47mins Times ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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