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Arts & Entertainment

Movie: Double Indemnity

Summer Sizzlers: A Film Series

This 1944 film stars Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff, an insurance agent, and Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), a greedy blonde bombshell, plot to bump off Phyllis’ husband and collect the premiums.

Leaving behind the standard New York setting of lower-class crime, this definitive film-noir takes place in a California of shady streets, supermarkets, and stucco houses.  Directed by Billy Wilder.  Drama – 107 minutes.

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