![]() ![]() There is no need for nice, but there is a need for physical connection and freedom from their situations.Ĭora is tied to her much older, boorish, Greek husband Nick Papadakis ( John Colicos), she is worlds apart from him sexually. Cora Smith ( Lange) and Frank Chambers ( Nicholson) are not nice people. Rather, it is predominantly a story of lust and greed. Overall, it is hard to see it as a tale of love. The 1981 remake by Bob Rafelson (the fourth so far) is a heated tale of two people chemically bonded to one another. Sexually explicit and violent for the 30s it was banned in Boston, just a little too naughty for the times. Having portrayed the alluring Cora Smith already in Tay Garnett’s 1946 remake of the same novel, she seemed qualified to say this, despite not seeing the remake in completion herself. Cain’s novel (1931) as ‘ pornographic trash‘. What Happened to the Mouse?: We never find out what happens with regard to Nick's sister being cared for or the land deal for the Twin Oaks property.Lana Turner described this remake of James M.Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Of the Snyder-Gray murder.If you ever want to try this, it helps to look like Lana Turner. The Vamp: Cora uses her feminine wiles to ensnare Frank.Somewhat unconvincingly explained by Cora-she married Nick because she was tired of everyone else in town hitting on her. Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: To the point of absurdity, with the scorching hot Cora married to dumpy diner owner Nick.Cain, who wrote the source novel, admitted that the title was mostly a non-sequitur. He says that the postman has indeed rung a second time for each of them. They got off murdering Nick scot-free, but Cora is now dead and Frank on his way to receive the death penalty. Title Drop: Frank notes that when a person is expecting to get a letter, it's all right if you don't hear it the first time, because the postman always rings twice.Indeed, one wonders why Cora's lawyer didn't take her to trial and win an acquittal instead of taking a manslaughter plea. The Perfect Crime: They left no evidence that they killed Nick.Light Is Not Good: Cora, the adulterous and murderous femme fatale, dresses almost exclusively in white throughout the film.Laser-Guided Karma: Cora and Frank get away with Nick's murder-but after the car wreck that kills Cora, Frank is convicted of murdering her, even though it was really an accident.Femme Fatale: Cora, who lures Frank into murder.Following Frank's Male Gaze, the camera starts at her feet, pans up to (and lingers on) her shapely legs, then cuts to reveal her wearing shorts and a midriff-baring top. Feet-First Introduction: Cora, in the most memorable scene in the picture.Distracted by the Sexy: Frank is supposed to look after a hamburger on the stove, but he gets distracted by Cora entering the room and lets it burn.The Drifter: Frank is just wandering from town to town when he meets Cora and Nick.Frank is convicted of murdering her, even though she died in a car accident that genuinely was an accident. Downer Ending: They got away with the murder, but Cora is now dead.But how will they deal with the consequences of their actions, and will they get caught? They see the murder of Cora's husband Nick (Cecil Kellaway) as a perfect solution. She wants to start over and live a new life with Frank, but not lose the diner. But Cora is married already, to a man she doesn't love. Within a small bit of time, Frank and Cora have a passionate affair. At the diner, he finds a meal, a job, and a beautiful woman named Cora Smith ( Lana Turner). It is considered one of the key entries in the Film Noir genre.įrank Chambers (John Garfield) drifts into a dusty rural California town, in search of a good meal. ![]() The Postman Always Rings Twice is the third and best-known screen adaptation of the eponymous novel, directed by Tay Garnett and released in 1946 (it was first adapted by French director Pierre Chenal in 1939 as The Last Turning with Fernand Gravey and Michel Simon, and then by Italian director Luchino Visconti in 1943 as Ossessione with Clara Calamai and Massimo Girotti). ![]()
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