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 (1981 film) the remake, which can lead to confusion among viewers. Jack Nicholson later said "If you ran a question through this industry about "The Postman Always Rings Twice", most people would surmise that it wasn’t successful. That is not true. I know it made money, because I received overages, so it must’ve grossed about as much as "Chinatown" and much more than "Carnal Knowledge". But people are anxious to disqualify it." The film has since been received more favorably; it scores a 77% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 10 positive reviews and three negative. Kerry Segrave and Linda Martin praised