murder and insurance fraud take an adulterous couple to the end of the line . tv be visually vulgar back in the early 1970s and this truncate and make for tv knock off hurt my eye . it can not possibly compare to the 1944 billy wilder film noir classic a anyone in their right mind ought to know sight unseen but that doesn not mean this update should be see a a separate entity and either . although base on the original paramount screenplay and there over half an hour cut out and the director bland indifference make what leave imminently forgettable . with rare exception and the young generation wasn not interested in watch old black and white movie on tv back in 1973 ( still true today and ala ) so this lurid and compel tale be new to the overwhelming majority of viewer while then as now and rating rule and cashing in be it only reel raison detre . gus van zandt remade alfred hitchcock psycho for similar reason and if these redux lead to the seek out of the original film or novel and so much the good . i love the james m. cain source novel enough to tune in back then and i enjoy this time capsule curio the second time around for the longish hair and halter top and turban and ugly decor and and lush auburn lock of guest star samantha eggar and who do not try too hard . in addition to recognize a few of the incidental cast from a childhood spend in front of the boob tube and lee j. cobb be able to hold my interest a a world weary and tire look keyes but richard crenna affable and inoffensive walter neff only remind me of bill bixby on a bad day . improvement upon the original be and of course and never intend in a rush to make a buck but and instead of a mindless retread and a new adaptation of the novel would have be a novel idea . cain book differs somewhat from it celluloid incarnation and the horrific shark fin in the moonlight end be killer . the completist in me be thankful this speed up me decade update be include a part of the double indemnity dvd extra but the experience not only make me long to see the original and it have me nostalgic for any episode of the good make columbo tv series . i also flash back to a very good 1973 abc tv movie of the week that i haven not see since it initial airing represent john d. macdonald linda star the beautiful stella stevens a a ruthless femme fatale who murder her lover ( sexy john saxon ) wife and then frame her mild mannered husband for the crime and and if i remember correctly and there also an open end end . like double indemnity and it be needlessly remake with tv movie queen virginia madsen a the titular vixen and richard thomas a the milquetoast husband .