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Murder (Murder Attempt) - Husband/Wife (17 movies items)" Cecil Kellaway as Nick Smith (husband) Lana Turner as Cora Smith (wife) John Garfield as Frank Chambers (lover)"
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1940's) (86 movies items)" Notes: Before watching this flick, I had already seen two other versions of this story ('Ossessione' (1943), 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' (1981)) and this version turned out to the best one I have seen so far. There is apparently a 4th version ('Le dernier tournant' released in 1939) but, by now, I think I'm pretty much done with this story... Anyway, coming back to our main feature, even though you didn't have the explosive sex scenes from the Jack Nicholson-Jessica Lange version, John Ga"
Slant’s 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time (100 movies items)"The Postman Always Rings Twice is a simple, deliciously depraved film. Based on the James M. Cain novel, the story concerns a feckless drifter (John Garfield) who at a roadside inn crosses paths with the owner’s beautiful and dissatisfied wife (Lana Turner), a woman his match in both sexual appetite and sociopathy. United in lust and a general disdain for everyone who’s not themselves, the two murder her husband (Cecil Kellaway) and manage to avoid legal punishment, only to be punished in a "
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020) (1001 movies items)" Notes: Before watching this flick, I had already seen two other versions of this story ('Ossessione' (1943), 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' (1981)) and this version turned out to the best one I have seen so far. There is apparently a 4th version ('Le dernier tournant' released in 1939) but, by now, I think I'm pretty much done with this story... Anyway, coming back to our main feature, even though you didn't have the explosive sex scenes from the Jack Nicholson-Jessica Lange version, John Ga"
Another List From Kill Bill (184 movies items)"Esteban mentions this as the movie that made Bill "a fool for blondes"."
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Small Businessman - Movies (32 movies items)" John Garfield, Lana Turner and Cecil Kellaway Lana Turner as Cora Smith and Cecil Kellaway as Nick Smith "
Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"
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My Movie Highlights of the 1940s (+Watchlists) (131 movies items)"The highlights of this movie are the beautiful Lana Turner and the nice film noir typical night shots. But the story is weak. my rating: 6,5"