Noirvember: Double Indemnity
Curated by local film critic and podcaster Matthew Turner, this mini season of film noir classics runs exclusively at Chiswick Cinema throughout November 2024.
Each film will be introduced by Matthew Turner, a lifelong film noir enthusiast, who will also be around in the bar after each screening. In addition, audiences are invited to post about the films online, using the hashtag #Noirvember, a great source of other film noir recommendations.
About the film:
“I killed Dietrichson. Me, Walter Neff, insurance salesman, 35 years old, unmarried, no visible scars. Until a while ago that is.” That’s the perfect opening of Billy Wilder’s film noir classic, co-written by Raymond Chandler and based on a novel by James M. Cain, in which Fred MacMurray’s fall guy is seduced into murder and insurance fraud by Barbara Stanwyck’s Phyllis Dietrichson, perhaps the genre’s greatest femme fatale.
Each film will be introduced by Matthew Turner, a lifelong film noir enthusiast, who will also be around in the bar after each screening. In addition, audiences are invited to post about the films online, using the hashtag #Noirvember, a great source of other film noir recommendations.
About the film:
“I killed Dietrichson. Me, Walter Neff, insurance salesman, 35 years old, unmarried, no visible scars. Until a while ago that is.” That’s the perfect opening of Billy Wilder’s film noir classic, co-written by Raymond Chandler and based on a novel by James M. Cain, in which Fred MacMurray’s fall guy is seduced into murder and insurance fraud by Barbara Stanwyck’s Phyllis Dietrichson, perhaps the genre’s greatest femme fatale.
Cast
Fred MacMurray • Barbara Stanwyck • Edward G. Robinson • Jean Heather • Porter Hall • Richard Gaines • Byron Barr • John Philliber
Director
Billy Wilder
Running Time
105 minutes