Femme fatale in "The Killers" and Cora (Lana Turner) in "The Postman Always Rings Twice", based on novels by Ernest Hemingway and James M. Cain respectively, manipulate men into killing their husbands. In the Hitchcock film "The Paradine Case" (1947), Alida Valli's character causes the deaths of two men and the near destruction of another. Another frequently cited example is the character Jane played by Lizabeth Scott in "Too Late for Tears" (1949); during her quest to keep some dirty money from its rightful recipient and her husband, she uses poison, lies, sexual teasing and a gun to keep men wrapped around
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) from a plea bargain in which she pleads guilty to manslaughter and receives probation. Publicity from the murder makes Twin Oaks a raging success, but things remain tense between Frank and Cora. Keats and Sackett come by and Keats suggests that it is possible the District Attorney, having failed to make a murder charge stick, may take any action he can based on how people are talking about an unmarried man and woman living under the same roof. So, Cora arranges for she and Frank to marry. During their strained reception, Cora learns that she must leave town to visit