Cain's novel appears to have been a favorite of the Italians,
immediate pre- and (practically) post-Neorealist.  Antonioni's *Cronoca
di un amore* (*Story of a Love Affair*) contains strong narrative
overtones of both Cain's novel and Visconti's *Ossessione.*  Indeed,
Antonioni's film seems almost a  hybrid of *The Postman ...* and Wilder's
*Double Indemnity,* a Raymond Chandler adaptation of Cain's novel of the
same name.
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