"Double Indemnity," written by lawyer Kent Lilly, recounts how a Lake Wales attorney was suspected of plotting the murders of ...
James M Cain’s hard-bitten novella gained bleak power on screen but this version, giving Mischa Barton her UK stage debut, loses its flinty edge ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “It sounds like a wonderful scene and a powerful one.” Director and script co-writer Billy Wilder feared that an execution would ...
Film noirs don’t come any better–or tougher and more seductive–than Billy Wilder’s 1944 movie of James M. Cain’s blistering crime novel “Double Indemnity,” available now in a two-disc special edition.
Film noir fans are in for a real treat as the Old Globe prepares to stage the San Diego premiere of “Double Indemnity,” directed by John Gould Rubin, based on the book by James M. Cain, and adapted by ...
On April 24, 1944, Billy Wilder's thriller, eventually nominated for seven Oscars at the 17th Academy Awards ceremony, was reviewed in THR. By THR Staff On April 24, 1944, Billy Wilder’s thriller ...
Critics debate whether "Double Indemnity" was the first true film noir, but the real question may be what took so long for Billy Wilder's 1944 pic to finally get the deluxe DVD treatment. Wilder’s ...
James M. Cain's Liberty story, "Double Indemnity," apparently based on a sensational murder of the 1920s, has become an absorbing melodrama in its Paramount adaptation. It is certain boxoffice ...