Double Indemnity November 19, 2009

Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) will be screened on Thursday 19th November 2009 in the Studio Theatre. The film is a PG certificate.

Billy Wilder's classic noir, a familiar brew of lust, larceny and lethal injections, stars Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck as a hot blooded couple. Framed in flashback, the story is told by dying insurance salesman Walter Neff (MacMurray), beginning with his first meeting with the seductive Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck) and a plot to kill her husband while making his death look like an accident. A brilliant noir, among the best of the genre, with a byzantine yet utterly plausible plot, stylized hard-boiled dialogue by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and terrific performances by Stanwyck and Macmurray.

• Running Time: 107 minutes


• Tickets: £3.00/ £2.50 conc. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. However, tickets can be reserved in advance by calling 01695 584480.


• Short Cuts Cinema: edgehill.ac.uk/shortcuts

For details of what's on this season at the Studio Theatre, view the programme of Short Cuts screenings.

Alternatively, for what's on this season at the Rose Theatre, visit the Rose Theatre website.

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