Double Feature
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Lana Turner and John Garfield scorch the screen in a film noir masterpiece about murderous attraction based on the famed novel by James M. Cain. When a young married woman (Turner) and a drifter handyman (Garfield) fall in love, they hatch a plot to off her husband. But betrayal lurks around every corner and the twisted fingers of fate have a way of showing that The Postman Always Rings Twice.
- Director
- Tay Garnett
- Writer
- Screen play by Harry Ruskin and Niven Busch based on the novel by James M. Cain
- Starring
- Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter, Alan Reed
- Year
- 1946
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 113 minutes
Portrait in Black
They say money can’t buy happiness, but can murder? Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn star as an adulterous couple who conspire to kill her tyrannical husband. Soon after the murder, the lovers in crime receive an anonymous letter that says only: “Dear Mrs. Cabot: Congratulations on the success of your murder.” With this alarming complication, their new life together begins unraveling as they become trapped in the realization that someone, somewhere, knows their dark secret. Co-starring Sandra Dee and John Saxon, Portrait in Black is a classic portrait in first-rate suspense. (Universal)
- Director
- Michael Gordon
- Writer
- Screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts based on the play by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts
- Starring
- Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Sandra Dee, John Saxon, Ray Walston, Virginia Grey, Anna May Wong
- Year
- 1960
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 113 minutes