Director: Tay Garnett

Writers: Harry Ruskin; Niven Busch

From novel: The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

Musical Score: George Bassman

Producer: Carey Wilson

Keywords: Drama, Crime, Film Noir

Frank Chambers, drifter, obtains a job at a rural roadside caf� owned by Nick Smith, and commences a steamy relationship with Nick's young wife Cora. After one botched attempt, the pair succeeds in murdering Nick. The District Attorney has trouble putting a proper case together. Melodramatic noir, which seems to have unnecessary plot twists tacked onto the end. Remade as The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981).

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leon Ames	Actor	20-Jan-1902	12-Oct-1993	Character actor, a SAG founder
Hume Cronyn	Actor	18-Jul-1911	15-Jun-2003	Cocoon
John Garfield	Actor	4-Mar-1913	21-May-1952	Gentleman's Agreement
Cecil Kellaway	Actor	22-Aug-1893	28-Feb-1973	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Alan Reed	Actor	20-Aug-1907	14-Jun-1977	Voice of Fred Flintstone
Audrey Totter	Actor	20-Dec-1918	12-Dec-2013	The Unsuspected
Lana Turner	Actor	8-Feb-1920	29-Jun-1995	The Postman Always Rings Twice
Jeff York	Actor	23-Mar-1912	11-Oct-1995	Reno McKee on The Alaskans

CAST

Lana Turner	...   Cora Smith
John Garfield	...   Frank Chambers
with
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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