The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) filmed as "Le Dernier Tournant" ("The Last Turning") in France in 1939 and as "Ossessione" ("Obsession") in Italy in 1943. Frank Chambers (John Garfield) is a hobo who has hitched a ride with a man we later comes to learn is the local District Attorney, Kyle Sackett (Leon Ames). He drops Frank off at a rural diner/service station, Twin Oaks, for a meal. Frank ends up working there. The diner is operated by a beautiful young woman, Cora Smith (Lana Turner), and her much older husband, Nick (Cecil Kellaway). Frank and Cora start to have an affair soon after they
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film) the remake, which can lead to confusion among viewers. Jack Nicholson later said "If you ran a question through this industry about "The Postman Always Rings Twice", most people would surmise that it wasn’t successful. That is not true. I know it made money, because I received overages, so it must’ve grossed about as much as "Chinatown" and much more than "Carnal Knowledge". But people are anxious to disqualify it." The film has since been received more favorably; it scores a 77% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 10 positive reviews and three negative. Kerry Segrave and Linda Martin praised