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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
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2 May 1946 (USA)
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Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed! more
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A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband... but even once the deed is done, they must live with the consequences of their actions. full summary | add synopsis
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Stone Hits Out at Zeta-Jones Casting
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Lana Turner | ... | Cora Smith |
 | John Garfield | ... | Frank Chambers |
| Cecil Kellaway | ... | Nick Smith |
 | Hume Cronyn | ... | Arthur Keats |
| Leon Ames | ... | Kyle Sackett |
| Audrey Totter | ... | Madge Gorland |
| Alan Reed | ... | Ezra Liam Kennedy |
| Jeff York | ... | Blair |
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113 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Australia:PG |
Canada:18A (video rating) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:16 |
USA:Approved (PCA #11240) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) (1996)
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This caused a stir amongst 1940s audiences who were shocked when it seemed clear to them that John Garfield uses his tongue in one of his kissing scenes with Lana Turner.
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Continuity: Position of Frank's hand on the armrest when he an Cora talk after leaving the preliminary hearing.
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Cora Smith:
I want to make something of this place, I want to make it into an honest-to-goodness...
Frank Chambers: Well, aren't we ambitious.
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Frank Chambers: Well, aren't we ambitious.
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Referenced in Careful What You Wish For (2004)
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She's Funny That Way
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What does the title mean?How was James M. Cain's book received?
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Funny, the comment there about the title - it's the strangest part of the adaptation because at least it IS mentioned in the film, but nowhere in the book. It's an absolute mystery to me how this title made it through intact when great titles like "Farewell My Lovely" were dumbed down to "Murder My Sweet" for the sake of Hollywood audiences. James M. Cain originally submitted the story to Alfred Knopf with the title "BBQ" (which makes sense in context) and was asked to change it; he considered "Black Puma" and "The Devil's Checkbook" before settling on the mystifying title by which the novel and both adaptations are well known.
Anyway, I like the film and think it's a great straight adaptation of the book, though the dialogue in the beginning seems a bit hurried (for the sake of the quick establishment of character and story) - the book does a better job of painting the hobo/gypsy lifestyle Frank embraces, and I think it's pretty central to the eventual conflict between him and Cora, so it's a shame it wasn't better depicted in the film.
Lana Turner is good, but probably just a bit mis-cast - she's a little too "glamorous" for Cora, which is also established immediately in the famous opening shot of her legs and lipstick (in contrast to the book, where she was introduced in an apron, working hard for the business like she always says she wants to.)
One note for femme-fatale buffs: Cora and Nick in the film are surnamed "Smith," which in the book was Cora's maiden name. (Nick in the book was Greek - "Papadakis") Is this a statement on marriage in general, or perhaps a desire to eliminate the racial implications in what happens? Seems unlikely; it is what it is, for smarter people than me to unravel.
"So long mister, thanks for the ride!"