“Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!”
The Postman Always Rings Twice
7.1
378 votes·1946
·1h 53m
·MovieDramaRomanceCrimeThriller
Overview
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Commercial Verdict
Super Hit
Revenue vs Budget3.0x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Strong box office performer
Keywords
adulteryinfidelitybased on novel or bookgas stationdinerfemme fatalefilm noirmurderblack and whitedrifterolder husbandcrime of passion
Cast
John Garfield
Frank Chambers
Lana Turner
Cora Smith
Cecil Kellaway
Nick Smith
Hume Cronyn
Arthur Keats
Leon Ames
Kyle Sackett
Audrey Totter
Madge Gorland
Alan Reed
Ezra Liam Kennedy
Jeff York
Blair
Philip Ahlm
Photographer (uncredited)
John Alban
Photographer (uncredited)
Don Anderson
Orderly Pushing Wheelchair (uncredited)
Morris Ankrum
Judge (uncredited)
King Baggot
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
Customer (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Man (uncredited)
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