The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) a play, which had 72 performances at the Lyceum Theatre, in New York, from February to April 1936. The cast included Richard Barthelmess as Frank, Mary Philips as Cora, Joseph Greenwald as Nick and Dudley Clements as Sackett, with minor roles played by Joseph Cotten and Charles Halton. Lana Turner was cast as Cora Smith. Turner said this was a favorite role of hers. Cain felt that she was the perfect choice for Cora and was so impressed with her performance that he presented her with a leather-bound copy of the novel inscribed "For my dear Lana, thank you for
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) her sick mother. At the train station, after Cora rebuffs him and leaves, Frank spots a woman having car trouble and hooks up with her. When Cora returns, she talks to Frank about how she believes the two of them are going to get along much better. When they arrive home, Kennedy (Alan Reed), an investigator who used to work for Cora's lawyer, is waiting; he attempts to blackmail them with Cora's confession, but she and Frank beat him up and force him, and his partner in crime, to give them all copies. After the men are gone, Cora reveals