The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1946 drama-film noir based on the 1934 novel of the same name by James M. Cain. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946) displays all the characteristics of the noir film, including the femme fatale, a deadly female who draws the hero into a web of mystery and intrigue. The fans weren't pleased with the changes the filmmaker made to the author's famous book. The film features the tough guy John Garfield as a drifter who picks up a job at a lunch room and gas station located on a side road outside the town. Frank and Cora (Lana Turner) start to have an affair soon after they meet.
She is tired of her situation, married to a man she does not love, and working at a cafe that she wishes to own. Frank becomes her catalyst to change her situation. The film works well mainly because of the great chemistry between the leads John Garfield and Lana Turner . Star of the film is Lana turner who gives a fine performance here. Turner shows us the different shades of her character Cora Smith who is sometimes weak and vulnerable and other times persistent and stubborn , and yet oozing with unrealised sexuality. Garfield's character, Frank Chambers, is a decent sort of guy, but he's not above the occasional con game. He at first rejects the idea of murdering her husband but later he changes his mindset.
Garfield does good job but he gets overshadowed by Turner's presence. A fine example of 1940's film-noir with every series of scenes leaving us guessing as to what will happen next. However, the film suffers slightly because of the stringent ethics codes that started to be imposed on films of that time.
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