The 1934 novel *The Postman Always Rings Twice* by American writer James M. Cain has proven to be one of the more perennially popular and malleable literary sources for filmmakers, resulting in a number of adaptations across various countries and decades. Interestingly, the first two cinematic adaptations – the French *Le Dernier Tournant* (1939) and the Italian *Ossessione* (1943), the latter hailed as a foundation…