Overall this is very enjoyable, it has a great sense of mood and builds well to the inevitable conclusion. If the film has any weakness then it may be that modern audiences need more than very subtle stuff, but that's probably our problem rather than the film's. The two are the very center of the film and are both superb. Garfield is also excellent as the man trapped in her web. Lana Turner is excellent as the femme fatale, she is smouldering and very, very desirable. The court case and the mistrust between the lovers is as good as the early desire giving rise to murder. Without the explicit sex of the remake this story is a lot freer to be interesting rather than explicit. Based on Cain's sexual novel this underplays the explicit references but turns the subtle stuff way up - the film opens with a `Man Wanted' sign, while Cora is so well played that there's no doubt what she's offering. The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1946 American film noir based on the 1934 novel of the same name by James M. He tells his story to us with the hindsight of a condemned man. Too late he falls in love but by then things have gone too far. He falls into desire which leads to deceit and eventually murder. Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler Tom. Music: Andy Sheppard and Steve Lodder Dramatised by Shaun McKenna Director Andy. When Frank Chambers takes a job at Nick's roadside joint, it's not for the money but for the shapely Cora. Starring Myrlam Cyr as Cora and William Hope as Frank Chambers. Drifter Frank Chambers applies for a job at a road side café belonging to Nick Smith, only to fall under the spell of Nick's wife Cora. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Sat 19th Jun 1993, 19:50 on BBC Radio 4 FM.
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