Film

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981 · 2h 2m · Crime · Romance · Drama

You can get away with anything. Once.

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

73%

Metacritic

61

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Jack Nicholson

Frank Chambers

Jessica Lange

Cora Papadakis

John Colicos

Nick Papadakis

Michael Lerner

Mr. Katz

John P. Ryan

Kennedy

Anjelica Huston

Madge

William Traylor

Sackett

Thomas Hill

Barlow

Jon Van Ness

Motorcycle Cop

Brian Farrell

Mortenson

Raleigh Bond

Insurance Salesman

William Newman

Man from Home Town

Albert Henderson

Art Beeman

Eugene Peterson

Doctor

Don Calfa

Goebel

Louis Turenne

Ringmaster

• Bob RafelsonDirector · Producer
• David MametScreenplay
• James M. CainNovel
• Charles MulvehillProducer
• Andrew BraunsbergExecutive Producer
• Sven NykvistDirector of Photography
• Michael SmallOriginal Music Composer
• Graeme CliffordEditor
• Terry LieblingCasting

Trailer

Release date

March 20, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 2m

Rated

R

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$12,376,625

Genres

Crime, Romance, Drama, Thriller

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