Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer purchased the rights to make a movie adaptation a full twelve years prior to the film's release. The strain of waiting for the fog to lift caused Garnett, who had suffered from drinking problems in the past, to fall off the wagon. The on-set sexual tension between Garfield and Turner was clear to all involved with the film. In 1936, Cain adapted his novel as a play, which had 72 performances at the Lyceum Theatre, in New York, from February to April 1936. On a deserted stretch of road, Frank kills Nick with a blow to the head and then sends the car off a cliff. First Published Please bear with us as we try to keep this page as up to date as possible. Today, the station, which shuttered in 1987, sits boarded-up behind a chain link fence in the parking lot of the United Healthcare Workers West building. Upon returning home, Cora tells him that she is pregnant. And Miss Turner is remarkably effective as the cheap and uncertain blonde who has a pathetic ambition to 'be somebody' and a pitiful notion that she can realize it through crime. [12], The film, considered a classic example of film noir, showcases the distinctive features of the genre: the femme fatale, an alienated and tragic antihero figure and a mutual plot against the female character's husband. The story is narrated by the antihero in the form of a voiceover recollection of events past. Upon Frank's return, Cora behaves coolly toward him; the three of them have dinner together and Nick announces that he will be selling Twin Oaks and that Cora and he will be moving in with his infirm sister in the town of Kugluktuk in northern Canada. Nick recovers and because of retrograde amnesia does not suspect that he narrowly avoided being killed. Yes No. The story is narrated in the first person by Frank Chambers, a young drifter who stops at a rural California diner for a meal and ends up working there. Our producers continue to plan for all eventualities dependent on the individual needs of their shows and we will provide further updates on specific shows as and when they become available. After the trial, Cora's diner begins to boom, but their relationship worsens. Lana Turner's character, Cora Smith, wore all white in every scene, except for three in which she wore all black: with the knife in the kitchen contemplating suicide, at the train station returning from her mother's death, and when she was calling the taxicab so she could leave Frank. Frank agrees to kill Nick. For more than 40 years, TKTS was our on-the-day theatre ticket box office in Leicester Square. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Towards the end of the film, Cora learns that her mother has had a heart attack and decides to visit her in Iowa. The plan involves Cora striking Nick with a sock full of ball-bearings and pretending he had fatally hit his head falling in the bathtub. Cora secures a plea bargain in which she pleads guilty to manslaughter and receives probation. The two realized that whatever was happening on-screen, off-screen they had no sexual chemistry. Iâve mentioned before that there are few things I love more in this world than abandoned places and this one did not disappoint. We’d like to thank everyone who has been patient and kind in dealing with their ticket providers so far and we are sorry that we cannot process your order as quickly as we would like.