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Double Indemnity (Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson; TIME, July...
...good as this picture offers, the rotund master of mystery would have turned out a film to tingle the spines of audiences in every corner of the globe, but Hitchcock did not direct this one and it shows it. Even luscious Barbara Stanwyck, a new and surprisingly good Fred MacMurray, and Edward G. Robinson at his best fail to save "Double Indemnity" from the bottomloss list of Hollywood's fumbled chances...
...plot is unusual and clever. It concerns a life insurance salesman, Walter Neff, played by MacMurray, who sees a chance to beat his own company, get rich quick, and marry a beautiful woman--and all for the simple price of murder. This opportunity is presented to Neff by one of his clients, a Mrs. Dietrichson (Miss Stanwyck), who wants to buy life insurance for her husband and then make certain that it gets used pronto. The wily Miss Dietrichson uses Neff to get rid of her spouse in a railroad "accident" that pays her double indemnity as the beneficiary...
Double Indemnity (Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson; TIME, July...
Double Indemnity (Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson; TIME, July...