Double Indemnity [Masters of Cinema] (Blu-ray) [UK Import]Blu-ray
S Y N O P S I S: " That's a honey of an anklet you're wearing, Mrs. Dietrichson. " Double Indemnity is the dazzling, quintessential film noir whose enormous popular success and seven Oscar nominations catapulted Billy Wilder ( Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment) into the very top tier of Hollywood's writer-directors. Adapted from a novella by James M. Cain ( The Postman Always Rings Twice), co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler ( The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye), Double Indemnity remains the hardest-boiled of delectations. Insurance hawker Walter Neff ( Fred Mac Murray) gets seduced by some other man's wife: a bored, sex-starved Barbara Stanwyck done up in lorry-grille wig and a pair of lips like wine grapes smashed in candle-wax. She wants to off her better half and collect on his policy, but spitfire claims-adjuster Barton Keyes ( Edward G. Robinson) smells a rat or at least the cheap perfume all over that Dietrichson file. Neff himself ties up the twisting plot in a neat bow: " We were talking about automobile insurance, only you were thinking about murder. And I was thinking about that anklet. " " Nominated for seven Oscars at the 1945 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director ( Billy Wilder), Best Actress ( Barbara Stanwyck), Best Screenplay ( Wilder and Raymond Chandler), Best Cinematography ( John F. Seitz), Best Score ( Miklós Rózsa), Best Sound Recording ( Loren Ryder). The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity for the first time anywhere in the world on Blu-ray, in a standard edition and a limited edition steelbook. S P E C I A L B L U-R A Y F E A T U R E S: Exclusive new high-definition restoration, officially licensed from Universal Pictures Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired 1950 Lux Radio Theater adaptation starring Fred Mac Murray and Barbara Stanwyck The original theatrical trailer P L U S: A 36-page booklet featuring rare articles, images, and more! R E V I E W S: " Since Double Indemnity, the two most important words in motion pictures are ' Billy' and ' Wilder'. " Alfred Hitchcock " Double Indemnity is the finest picture of its kind ever made, and I make that flat statement without any fear of getting indigestion later from eating my words. " Louella Parsons
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