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- DictionaryDou·ble in·dem·ni·ty/ˈdəbəl inˈdemnədē/
noun
- 1. provision for payment of double the face amount of an insurance policy under certain conditions, e.g. when death occurs as a result of an accident. North American
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3 days ago · Double Indemnity was marketed as a twisted romance. Cain called it “more of a love story than a murder story”. But after the killing, the romance sours.
2 days ago · Double Indemnity is, for many, the quintessential noir. Celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, it possesses so many of the staples that define the genre: the blonde femme fatale, the moody voice-over of the grizzled protagonist sucked into a life of crime, and of course, the double crosses and that wonderful rat-tat dialogue.
5 days ago · Read on for more about the “Double Indemnity” 80th anniversary. Two of the biggest names in hardboiled detective novels were involved in bringing “Double Indemnity” to the big screen.
5 days ago · With its themes of adultery, deception and murder, Double Indemnity was quite scandalous for the era, and Stanwyck, who had previously played a number of likable comic heroines, worried that...
5 days ago · As Billy Wilder’s classic film noir Double Indemnity turns 80, we raise a toast to Fred MacMurray’s jovially relatable performance as insurance salesman and hole-digging bad-decision-maker Walter Neff.
4 days ago · Double Indemnity is a seminal score, initially disliked by Paramount's music director for its harshness but strongly endorsed by director Billy Wilder and studio chief Buddy DeSylva.
2 days ago · The meaning of DOUBLE DIPPING is the usually illicit practice of accepting income from two mutually exclusive sources (as from a government pension and a government salary or from two insurers for the same loss).
