Classic Films

I think Double Indemnity is the best film-noir of all time, and also one of the best movies ever of any genre. Edward G. Robinson is particularly memorable, I think it's the best performance of his career. And there's one scene that I'll never forget. It's the scene when Fred McMurray's character and the daughter of the man he murdered are talking in the hills above the Hollywood Bowl. She is spilling her guts to him about her suspicions regarding her stepmother's (Barbara Stanwyck) involvement in his murder and, earlier, her mother's death, unaware that the man she is spilling her guts to is the man who actually murdered her father, while the orchestra below is playing Schubert's beautiful Unfinished symphony. Wow, what a powerful scene. The film score by Miklos Rozsa is incredible. I've seen that movie umpteen times and I'll never get tired of it.

-- Ron