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Brandy 2022-03-20 09:01:34

Film noir, late night, insuranceman, femme fatale.

The story tells that the insurer went to a wealthy family to sell insurance, and met the heroine. The heroine planned to kill her husband to cheat the insurance, because in her words, the husband did not love her at all. The insurer fell in love with the heroine and planned to help her kill her husband, and also defrauded her for double compensation. They made various alibi and killed her husband by hiding in the car when he was out. The insurer then got on the train disguised as a husband with a broken leg, and led away the witnesses before jumping off the train. The duo then moved the body to the jumping position, flawless. Unfortunately, the superiors started to investigate, and the insurer's boss found something strange and thought that the speed of 15 miles might not be fatal. At the same time, the naive stepdaughter of the heroine also revealed to the insurer that her biological mother should have been ruthlessly killed by the heroine who was still a nurse at the time. The boss pushed back all the way, and found that the boyfriend of the heroine's stepdaughter was in close contact with the heroine. The insurer found out that he was just a pawn, he and his stepdaughter's boyfriend were just her tools, and the heroine never loved him. The male protagonist went to the female protagonist's house to make it clear, but was shot by the female protagonist. The insurer finally killed the female protagonist, and stopped the stepdaughter's boyfriend at the door, told him to leave, called the stepdaughter, and stayed away. This muddy water. Finally, the insurer dragged the shot body to the boss's office, intending to confess what he had done through the answering machine, and then the boss arrived. The insurer asked his boss to let him go, and said that he could escape to the border, but he finally collapsed at the door. The male protagonist lit his cigarette silently, waiting for his fate to come.

The suspense of the story is repeated one after another, the reasoning is meticulous, and the reverse reasoning is also peeling off the cocoon and advancing layer by layer. At the back, it shows a modern tragedy of love but not for profit.

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Double Indemnity quotes

  • Walter Neff: I was thinking about that dame upstairs, and the way she had looked at me, and I wanted to see her again, close, without that silly staircase between us.

  • Barton Keyes: This Dietrichson business. It's murder. And murders don't come any neater. As fancy a piece of homicide as anyone ever ran into. Smart, tricky, almost perfect. But... I think papa has it all figured out. Figured out and wrapped up in tissue paper with... pink ribbons on it.