“Double Indemnity” is one of my favorite film noir movies. The black and white classic was originally released in 1944 by Paramount. The 107 minute classic was filmed on sets and locations throughout the Los Angeles area. Taglines for movie are “It’s Love and Murder At First Sight” and “From the Moment The Met It Was Murder.” “Double Indemnity” is interesting to Baby Boomers because it is a film noir where the evil main characters are played by actors more familiar to Baby Boomers from 1960s television. Fred MacMurray played Steven Douglas in “My Three Sons” and Barbara Stanwyck starred as Victoria Barkley in “The Big Valley” before venturing into “Dynasty.”
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The movie “Double Indemnity” tells of Walter Neff, a successful insurance agent who falls in love with the beautiful second wife, Phyllis Dietrichson, of a client. Phyllis convinces Neff she loves him. When he sells an insurance policy to her husband that contains a double-indemnity clause Phyllis convinces him to help her husband have an accident. The movie is told in flashback while a dying Neff confesses to his co-worker, insurance investigator Barton Keys, played by Edward G. Robinson.
