Double Indemnity
Dir: Billy Wilder
USA, 1944, 107 minmins, DCP
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
Seduced by the alluring wife of a client, an insurance salesman draws up a devious scheme to murder her husband and take the double payout. However, the couple’s plan is constantly threatened under the watchful eye of a brilliant colleague. Featuring gorgeous use of shadows by cinematographer John Seitz and brilliant rapid-fire dialogue by novelist Raymond Chandler, this tantalising and sordid tale of murder – based on a novel by James M. Cain, which in turn was loosely based on a real 1927 murder case – is considered a pioneering work of the film noir genre.
Academy Awards: 7 nominations including Best Picture
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
2021-01-09 (Sat)
14:452021-03-13 (Sat)
17:15
K11 Art House
Tai Kwun
Chinese Subtitles
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