This week, we discuss the creme de la creme of film noir, Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity, which perfected the genre's dark style and biting dialogue and put Wilder firmly on the A-list.
SPOILER ALERT We will be talking about this movie in its entirety, including the details of the central murder plot and its ultimate resolution. If you plan on watching it, we strongly suggest you do so before listening to our takes.
A Paramount Pictures production. Released on September 1, 1944. Directed by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, based on the 1943 novel by James M. Cain. Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson. Cinematography by John F. Seitz. Edited by Doane Harrison. Music by Miklós Rózsa.
