THE FLAME OF SIN

CINEMA Poster of the film "Double Indemnity", protagonists Barbara Stanwyck (Ruby Catherine Stevens, 16 July 1907 - 20 January 1990) and Fred MacMurray (30 August 1908 - 5 November 1991), directed by Billy Wilder (22 June 1906 - March 27, 2002) and the same scripted with Raymond Chandler (July 23, 1888 - March 26, 1959) starting from the novel "The double pay death", written by James M. Cain (July 1, 1892 - October 27, 1977) . In the photo Phyllis Dietrichson, the femme fatale interpreted by Stanwick, seduces and ensnares the incautious insurer Walter Neff involving him in the murder of the elderly husband, who will have to be eliminated leaving her safe from any suspicion, so that she can collect the double indemnity foreseen in case of death by the stipulated policy. But the two did not take into account the insight and ability of Barton Keyes, head of the Claims Office of the company where Neff works ... Paramount Pictures, USA, 1944