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Box office. $5 million [1] [2] The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1946 American film noir directed by Tay Garnett and starring Lana Turner, John Garfield, and Cecil Kellaway. It is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by James M. Cain. [3] This adaptation of the novel also features Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames and Audrey Totter.
- May 2, 1946 (United States)
Mar 20, 1981 · The Postman Always Rings Twice: Directed by Bob Rafelson. With Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner. The sensuous wife of a roadside diner proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordid, steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
- Planktonrules
- 3 min
- Bob Rafelson
- 67
The Postman Always Rings Twice: Directed by Tay Garnett. With Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn. A married woman and a drifter fall in love and then plot to murder her husband.
- (22K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Tay Garnett
- 1946-09-06
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1981 American neo-noir [4] erotic thriller film directed by Bob Rafelson and written by David Mamet (in his screenwriting debut). Starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange, it is the fourth adaptation of the 1934 novel by James M. Cain. The film was shot in Santa Barbara, California .
- $12 million
- Michael Small
- March 20, 1981
Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 7, 2014 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The Postman Always Rings Twice is an absolutely superb mounting of a hollow and disappointing production. Rated: 2.5 ...
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- Bob Rafelson
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- Jack Nicholson
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Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Get That Blonde Out Of My System The brief entire brilliant performance by Audrey Totter, herself usually the blonde, as Madge (the Anjelica Huston part in the 1982 Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange and Bob Rafelson remake), just the gal to distract John Garfield (as Frank) from wife Lana Turner (in her landmark performance as waitress, wife ...
A film critic's analysis of a 1981 adaptation of a classic novel by James M. Cain, starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange as a couple of con artists who kill a man and face the consequences. The reviewer praises the film's technical mastery, performances, and atmosphere, but criticizes its lack of character development and meaning.
