John Garfield of the last film, based on the life of Al Schmid, a war hero blinded in combat. In preparing for the role, Garfield lived for several weeks with Schmid and his wife in Philadelphia and would blindfold himself for hours at a time. After the war, Garfield starred in a series of successful films such as "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946) with Lana Turner, "Humoresque" (1946) with Joan Crawford, and the Oscar-winning Best Picture "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947). In "Gentleman's Agreement", Garfield took a featured, but supporting, part because he believed deeply in the film's exposé of antisemitism in America.
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) car. They succeed in killing Nick but, things go wrong and Frank is seriously injured. Sackett, who has been following them from the start, greets Cora as she emerges from the cliff side, crying for help. As a tactic intended to get Cora and Frank to turn on each other, the District Attorney files murder charges against only Cora. Although this ploy works, a clever twist by Cora's lawyer, Arthur Keats, (Hume Cronyn) prevents Cora's full confession from coming into the hands of the prosecutor. With Sackett's idea having failed to generate any new evidence for the prosecution, Cora benefits