If anything, Double Indemnity proves that, no matter how well you plan a crime, there is always something that is bound to go wrong. Suddenly, all the little things you’d never think of started to rear their ugly heads and tear the crime apart. When the aftermath starts to unravel, that’s when the story began to get interesting. The details of the fraud were so thorough that the reader is almost convinced that nothing could go wrong. What made Double Indemnity so enjoyable was how the main characters were so sure they’d get away with the crime they were about to commit. I do think the ending was improved in the film, though, as the story’s ending felt a little disjointed from the narrative. Because the story is so short, only lasting just over three hours of audiobook reading, I feel the movie adaptation was able to include everything that made this story so engaging. Of course, planning to commit insurance fraud makes the scenario much more interesting, even if it follows some of the basic tropes of the genre. This classic piece of noir does what some might consider impossible: making an insurance salesman interesting.
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