The first lines of the movie are "I killed him for money--and for a woman. I didn't get the money. And I didn't get the woman
The first lines of the movie are "I killed him for money--and for a woman. I didn't get the money. And I didn't get the woman." These lines are spoken into a dictaphone at the insurance office for which one of the lead characters works. Walter Neff's line of work leads him to Phyllis Dietrichson, played by Barbara Stanwyck, who seduces him into selling her husband a certain kind of policy and then helping her murder him. For ten points, name this seminal film noir, written by Raymond Chandler, based on a book by James M. Cain and directed by Billy Wilder.
The first lines of the movie are "I killed him for money--and for a woman.
{Double Indemnity}