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=== Tropes used by the film: === |
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* [[Bowdlerise]]: Notorious even in its day for toning down the source material. |
* [[Bowdlerise]]: Notorious even in its day for toning down the source material. |
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* [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]]: Cora |
* [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]]: Cora |
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* [[Feet First Introduction]]: Cora |
* [[Feet First Introduction]]: Cora |
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* [[Femme Fatale]]: Cora |
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Cora |
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Alan Reed, best known as the voice of [[The Flintstones|Fred Flintstone]], appears as Kennedy. |
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* [[The Perfect Crime]] |
* [[The Perfect Crime]] |
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* [[Title Drop]]: Frank notes that when a person is expecting to get a letter, it's alright if you don't hear it the first time, because the postman always rings twice. {{spoiler|They got off murdering Nick scot-free, but Cora is now dead and Frank on his way to |
* [[Title Drop]]: Frank notes that when a person is expecting to get a letter, it's alright if you don't hear it the first time, because the postman always rings twice. {{spoiler|They got off murdering Nick scot-free, but Cora is now dead and Frank on his way to receive the death penalty. He says that the postman has indeed rung a second time for each of them.}} This is different than the novel. James M. Cain admits that the title was mostly a non-sequitur. |
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* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]] |
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]] |
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* [[Woman in White]]: Cora dresses entirely in white throughout the film, save for two scenes in which she wears [[Woman in Black|black]]. |
* [[Woman in White]]: Cora dresses entirely in white throughout the film, save for two scenes in which she wears [[Woman in Black|black]]. |
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[[Category:Films of the 1940s]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:34, 24 May 2017
Frank Chambers drifts into a dusty rural California town, in search of a good meal. At the diner, he finds a meal, a job, and a beautiful woman named Cora. Within a small bit of time, Frank and Cora have a passionate affair. But Cora is married already to a man she doesn't love. She wants to start over and live a new life with Frank, but not lose the diner. They see the murder of Cora's husband Nick as a perfect solution. How will they deal with the consequences of their actions, and will they get caught?
The better-known adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice, it is considered an important addition to the Film Noir genre.
Tropes used in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) include:
- Bowdlerise: Notorious even in its day for toning down the source material.
- Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life: Cora
- Downer Ending: They got away with the murder, but Cora is now dead. Frank is convicted of murdering her, even though she died in a car accident that was genuinely an accident.
- The Drifter: Frank
- Feet First Introduction: Cora
- Femme Fatale: Cora
- The Perfect Crime
- Title Drop: Frank notes that when a person is expecting to get a letter, it's alright if you don't hear it the first time, because the postman always rings twice. They got off murdering Nick scot-free, but Cora is now dead and Frank on his way to receive the death penalty. He says that the postman has indeed rung a second time for each of them. This is different than the novel. James M. Cain admits that the title was mostly a non-sequitur.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
- The Vamp: Cora.
- Woman in White: Cora dresses entirely in white throughout the film, save for two scenes in which she wears black.