“You can get away with anything. Once.”
The Postman Always Rings Twice
6.5
566 votes·1981
·2h 2m
·MovieCrimeRomanceDramaThriller
Overview
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Commercial Verdict
Flop
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Lost money at the box office
Keywords
infidelitybased on novel or booksexual obsessiongas stationobsessionconfessionremakemurderconspiracysexual attractiondriftercourtroom
Cast
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
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