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) 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