Double Indemnity: The Complete Screenplay
- ISBN-10
- 0520218485
- ISBN-13
- 9780520218482
- Series
- Double Indemnity
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 123
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-12-05
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Raymond Chandler, Billy Wilder
Description
More than 50 years after its release, the classic "Double Indemnity" is one of the best films of all time. This facsimile edition contains Wilder and Chandler's original--and quite different--ending, published here for the first time. Jeffrey Meyers's Introduction provides hilarious anecdotes about the turbulent collaboration as well as background information on the film.
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