'Double Indemnity' Is 75, But Anklets (And Film Noir) Are Forever
Double Indemnity is classic film noir: Men in fedoras walk mean streets shrouded in shadow and women are sometimes the sirens to beckon them to their doom. It's a film — and a genre — that endures.
Let's get right to the point. Walter Neff is a murderer: "Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money, and for a woman. I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman."
Fred MacMurray plays the hapless insurance salesman in the classic noir , which turns 75 this month — and helped launch a fraternity of films about wounded men in fedoras
