Double Indemnity* (1944)

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

A pretty thrilling piece of film noir, Double Indemnity brings a high stakes insurance scam to the big screen. A lowly insurance salesman is seduced by a beautiful but unhappy housewife with murder on her mind. She takes out a lucrative insurance policy on her husband and uses the hapless salesman to help do the deed and claim a highly unlikely double indemnity clause in the policy.

Along their attempts to carry out the plot, its aftermath and ensuing investigation, the film carries you on a pretty tight wire. It gets a little long in places and its pacing may seem slow, given the last few generations demanding action, action, action! But it is a classic and an exciting little thriller that performs well to the final reel.

RATING: 3.75 out of 5