double indemnity

In this update of Double Indemnity, Turner is the trophy wife who seduces William Hurt, above, into murdering her husband.

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Stella Dallas and Double Indemnity are two of my favourite films.

The author analyzes noir and spy films, such as The Maltese Falcon, Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Sleep, The Third Man, Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Notorious, Out of the Past, Gilda, The Narrow Margin, Criss Cross, In a Lonely Place, The Good Shepherd, Syriana, and The Bourne Ultimatum to consider their representations of trust and commitment and illustrate how they create a sense of deep trust between two individuals (in noir films) and trust between a person and the state (in spy films), as well as how the films dialogue with each other.

Last year marked the seventieth anniversary of the release of Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944), a Hollywood classic that is often cited as the definitive example of film noir.

Once upon a time, the historic Gilmore Oil filling station at Highland and Willoughby Avenues in Hollywood looked like something straight out of Double Indemnity or L.A.

She says he took out a $1 million life insurance policy on her, with a double indemnity clause.

"Failure to pay said workers within 10 days shall cause the imposition of the penalty of double indemnity," Avila said.

Fred MacMurray was the popular actor known for his role in the 1944 film, Double Indemnity, as well as for his many years on the long-running television sitcom, My Three Sons.

Legend has it that this odd couple nearly skinned one another alive while collaborating on "Double Indemnity," the 1944 movie that begat the film noir genre.

It's evocative of such classic noir films as "The Big Sleep'' and "Double Indemnity,'' and so is the Paris-born Davolos' performance, which recalls sultry, tough-dame turns by Lauren Bacall and Barbara Stanwyck.