The plot of the movie focuses on Cora, the miserable wife who is trying for an escapade from her uninteresting life and her old husband. The second half of the movie becomes melodramatic and stifles away from the noir theme. However the courtroom scene is a little bit weird and overdid, still the characters Ames and Cronyn do well. The first half of the movie builds up brilliantly the noir theme and is intense and mesmerizing. The entire introduction of Cora in the movie is quite legendary and sets the theme of movie by emphasizing on sexuality and budding chemistry of Cora and Frank (Janey 38). He picks up the lipstick and asks Cora that does that lipstick belongs to her. That person is Cora who bedazzles Frank and leave him stunned. While he is looking at the lipstick to pick it up, he sees a pair of legs approaching towards the lipstick, & from legs his gaze moves to the face of the person following the lipstick. The scene is Frank is sitting in the cafe a lipstick rolling on floor comes towards him and he bents down to pick it up. The movie starts with the Frank Chambers entering the cafe and the introduction of Cora with the rolling lipstick on floor scene. The movie made its mark due to a very popular beginning. The movie was directed by Tay Garnett and Niven Busch and Harry Ruskin did the screenplay. “The Postman Always Rings Twice” movie was released in 1946 and had Lara Turner and John Garfield playing the lead role. Comparison of the Novel and its Movie Version
Four motion films has been made directly based on the novel and out of these, the movie which was made in 1946 is the best, and is considered as a significant film. Many movies inspired by the novel were made. The novel’s original plot has been the central theme.
However, its startling theme has earned the book a rank in Modern Library 100 Best Novels list (Modern Library 98). However it resulted in the book getting banned in Boston. Gripping and concise (not more than 120 pages long), the novel's combines sexuality and violent behavior which was astounding at that time. The novel was fairly successful but not of good reputation among publication houses and was considered as one of the most significant crime novels of the 20th century. “The Postman Always Rings Twice” is a novel set in 1934 and is authored by James M.
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