Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity, a Hollywood motion picture was released in 1944. Based on a novel of the similar title this literary adaptation was created by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. A film from the Hollywood crime drama genre the film portrays a time when crime had taken an upper hand in the society

The story is termed to be representation of a 1927 crime. The incident involved a married lady and her boyfriend. The lover named as Judd Gray was insisted by the married women Ruth (Brown) Snyder to murder Albert her husband. The murder was chiefly meant to attain the insurance policy of her husband. Double Indemnity relates the story of an insurance salesman and a married woman. The film displays the illegal affair of the married lady with the insurance lady. Gradually the real intension of the lady is revealed behind her attempt of seducing her lover. As the film continues the woman is disclosed to be interested in attaining the insurance amount of her husband as he passes off due to some accident. To accomplish her desire she woos her lover to murder her spouse. The lover ends up killing her spouse following her instructions. The investigator conferred with the task of solving the mystery feels its foul play and guesses his co-worker as well the widowed wife to be involved in the whole affair.
Directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Buddy G DeSylva and Joseph Systrom the film stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson in lead roles. Fred MacMurray plays the role of insurance salesman Walter Nuff, Barbara Stanwyck, portraying the character of Phyllis Dietrichson, the wife and Edward G. Robinson appears in the role of a insurance employee and colleague of Neff named as Barton Keyes. The music composed by Miklos Rozsa and Victor Schertzinger provided a diverse worth to the film. The film was beautifully shot through the skill cinematography of John F. Seitz. Based on a novel this film was created in United States and distributed all over the state by Paramount Pictures. Dedicated to the genre of film noir the movie is termed to be classic. With excellent cinematography the movie is depicted through the view of the murderer. Attaining several critical appreciations from all levels the movie displays several scenes showing the characters performing acts of violence. The film runs the narration of Neff stating his act and the way he falls to the wishes of the lady accomplishing the crime. The film reveals the way in which both psychology and sex is entwined. With excellent use of light the actors emerge as larger than life characters glamorizing crime. Double Indemnity further makes use of moon lighting, a practice quite well known at that time. Wikipedia

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