AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE AT EGYPTIAN
Sat Oct 17
Double Indemnity
Programmed by Mel Brooks: 100 Years at the Movies
- DIRECTOR
- Billy Wilder
- CAST
- Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber
SYNOPSIS
Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in this gripping film noir from director Billy Wilder. A calculating wife encourages her wealthy husband to sign a double indemnity policy proposed by smitten insurance agent Walter Neff. 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 heart-racing Academy Award-nominated masterpiece.
