Genre: Drama / Film Noir
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward
G. Robinson
Running Time: 107 minutes
Insurance salesman Walter
Neff returns to his LA office late one night, sweaty and visibly injured by a
gunshot wound, and he starts dictating his confession to a murder into a
Dictaphone. He tells the story of how he was charmed and convinced by housewife
Phyllis Dietrichson to help her kill her husband after contracting an accident insurance
on his life.
This film is considered
as one of the first movies of the film noir genre. It starts and ends in the
present, and most of the story is told through flashbacks, with the main protagonist
serving as narrator. By today’s standards, the tone might seem over the top, but
this remains a masterpiece of cinema and film noir. The acting is impeccable
for its time and the storytelling keeps you hooked all the way through.
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