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‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’ is a tantalizingly messy affair

The Postman Always Rings Twice Directed by Tay Garnett Written by Harry Ruskin and Niven Busch (screenplay), based on James M. Cain’s novel U.S.A., 1946 Movies provide escapism in most cases, save perhaps for the most ardent art house devotees. They can operate as complete fantasies or slightly heightened extensions of our own reality. In …

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Raising Cain: The work of James M. Cain

Hammett, Chandler, Cain: the modern mystery thriller starts with them. They are the godfathers of that sensibility that would come to be called noir which would, in time, overflow the printed page and onto the stage, the big screen, and eventually even to television. Identified primarily with mysteries, the concept of flawed human beings ethically …

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