a 1998 Hungarian film adaptation Buai laju-laju ("Swing High, My Darling"), a 2004 Malaysian film adaptation by U-Wei Haji Saari Jerichow, a 2008 German film adaptation, set in a small town in the Eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt Почтальон всегда звонит дважды (пьеса) (The Postman Always Rings Twice), a 2008 play written and directed by Alexandre Marine and starring Kirill Safonov in its initial run, subsequently replaced by Daniil Strahov, at the Master Theatre in Moscow In an episode from Sesame Street, a short story titled The Postman Always Rings Twice is featured in a segment. But unlike the original novel, the plot takes the title more literally. In it, Grover desperately hopes for the postman to come, but instead, other service people arrive ringing at different numbers. Notes Footnotes Sources Hicks, Jack; Houston, James D.; Hong Kingston, Maxine; Young, Al (2000). The Literature of California: Native American beginnings to 1945. University of California Press. p. 453. Hoopes, Roy. 1981. The Baby in the Icebox and Other Short Fiction by James M. Cain. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. New York. Hoopes, Roy. 1982. Cain. Holt, Reinhart and Winston. New York. Hoopes, Roy. 1986. Career in C Major and Other Fiction. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York. Madden, David. 1970. James M. Cain. Twayne Publishers, Inc. Library Catalog Card Number: 78-120011. Skenazy, Paul. 1989. James M. Cain. Continuum Publishing Company. New York. External links Streaming audio The Postman Always Rings Twice on Screen Guild Theater: June 16, 1947 The Postman Always Rings Twice on Hollywood Sound Stage: January 24, 1952 1934 American novels Adultery in novels Alfred A. Knopf books American crime novels American novels adapted into films American novels adapted into plays Novels adapted into operas Novels by James M. Cain Novels set in California 1934 debut novels Novels adapted into radio programs