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
Leon Ames Leon Ames Leon Ames (January 20, 1902 – October 12, 1993) was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing father figures in such films as "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) with Judy Garland as one of his daughters, "Little Women" (1949), "On Moonlight Bay" (1951), and "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (1953). The fathers whom Ames portrayed were often somewhat stuffy and exasperated by the younger generation, but ultimately kind and understanding. His most famous role came as DA Kyle Sackett from the film "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946). Leon Ames