Double Indemnity

ROGER EBERT’S GREAT MOVIES

“The puzzle of Wilder’s Double Indemnity, the enigma that keeps it new, is what these two people [Fred MacMurry and Barbara Stanwyck] really think of one another. They strut through the routine of a noir murder plot, with the tough talk and the cold sex play. But they never seem to really like each other all that much, and they don’t seem that crazy about the money, either. What are they after?” (Roger Ebert)