Monday Double: Touch of Evil + Double Indemnity

Two masterpieces of shadowy obsession and deadly desire in one classic Noir double feature.

TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) | M

Orson Welles’ noir masterpiece follows a morally compromised Mexican drug officer, Miguel “Mike” Vargas (Charlton Heston), as he investigates a bomb explosion on the U.S.-Mexico border. Amid corrupt cops, seductive femme fatales, and moral ambiguity, the film weaves a tense, shadowy tale of crime and obsession, culminating in one of cinema’s most legendary tracking shots.

15 minute intermission.

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) | PG

Nominated for seven Academy Awards, Double Indemnity is widely regarded as a classic and often cited as having set the standard for film noir and as one of the greatest films of all time. Billy Wilder’s classic noir tells the story of insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray), who becomes entangled in a deadly scheme with the alluring Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) to murder her husband and collect on his life insurance. Filled with seduction, lies, and the fatal allure of greed, Double Indemnity is a taut, suspenseful portrait of lust, betrayal, and doom.