Few film archetypes have been more adored or debated than the femme fatale - beautiful, seductive, dangerous and cunning, like Barbara Stanwyck in "Double Indemnity"... (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "DOUBLE ...
The femme fatale has been a stock character across film genres. The term is defined as a seductive or alluring woman who either causes distress or disaster for any man who becomes involved with her.