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) 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