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DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) POSTER, US

Lot Closed

September 5, 01:59 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Double Indemnity (1944) Poster, US


Unframed: 41 x 27 in. (104 x 69 cm)


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This film noir was directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler. The film stars Fred MacMurray as an insurance salesman, Barbara Stanwyck as a seductive wife who wishes her husband dead, and Edward G. Robinson as an insurance analyst, whose job is to investigate bogus claims. The term 'double indemnity' refers to a clause in certain life insurance policies, that doubles the pay-out for certain conditions, such as when death occurs as a result of an accident. This film is the definition of film noir, and one of the finest and most influential examples of the genre.


This is a very sought-after 1940s film noir poster, which seldom surfaces.