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Originally posted by parabellum:
It's a Poverty Row ripoff of the 1946 film version of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, right down to white outfits worn by Lana Turner all throughout that film.

As an aside, I don't consider the 1946 theatrical release of The Postman Always Rings Twice to be film noir, although it is universally accepted as such. Why? Ever read Cain's novel? Cora isn't angelic-looking; she's plain-looking and she isn't dressed in all white outfits.

Here's a sample of what the novel offers:

“I bit her. I sunk my teeth into her lips so deep I could feel the blood spurt into my mouth. It was running down her neck when I carried her upstairs.”

So, when I see the beautiful Lana Turner dressed in those all-whte outfits, I scoff. It's an OK film, but to me, it's ain't film noir. The problem for MGM was that there was no way that a faithful adaptation of Cain's novel would pass the Production Code in 1946, so we get this compromise.