Cain’s second novel, Indemnity arrived near the end of World War II, a rare historic moment when good and evil truly were clear-cut. While most great noirs were a response to the uncertainty of ...

Phyllis proposes to kill her husband to receive the proceeds of an accident insurance policy and Walter devises a scheme to receive twice the amount based on a double indemnity clause. When Mr ...

The movies vying for the highest honor for the 1944 calendar year were steamy film noir Double Indemnity, tense psychological thriller Gaslight, epic WWII drama Since You Went Away, big-budget ...