The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain was written in 1934 and was adapted into a movie by Tay Garnett in 1946. There are several examples of this movie being a traditional adaptation, namely, changing Cora’s and Nick’s last name, having Cora act differently, and having a different first meeting between Frank and Cora. First, and foremost, the director changed Cora’s and Nick’s last name to Smith, rather than Papadakis. In the book, Nick is constantly referred to as “the Greek”, and “greasy” (Cain 15), but in the movie, he isn’t portrayed as greasy or Greek. They change his entire nationality, which I feel like is just a product of it’s era, but it is still important, nonetheless. His nationality and greasiness adds more reason to