One of the best of all American "film noirs" of the 1940's, a tense and suspenseful tale of duplicity and betrayal. Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray are outstanding, but it's Edward G. Robinson who steals the movie in what is probably the greatest performance of his entire career.
April 14, 1970
Double Indemnity (1944) *****
One of the best of all American "film noirs" of the 1940's, a tense and suspenseful tale of duplicity and betrayal. Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray are outstanding, but it's Edward G. Robinson who steals the movie in what is probably the greatest performance of his entire career.
