Thursday, June 28, 2007

Must-have movies: Double Indemnity

Never have actuarial tables seemed more thrilling than in Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder's corrosive tale of murder perfumed with honeysuckle. Based on the novel by James M Cain, it casts the genial Fred MacMurray brilliantly against type as a cocksure California life insurance salesman besotted by Barbara Stanwyck's brassy blonde.

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