The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

05/02/1946 (US) • 1h 53m

Drama, Romance, Crime, Thriller

Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!

Overview

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

Top Billed 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

Philip Ahlm

Photographer (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,683,000.00

Revenue

$5,086,000.00

Keywords

adultery

infidelity

based on novel or book

gas station

diner

femme fatale

film noir

murder

black and white

drifter

older husband

crime of passion

scheming wife

adulterous wife

wife murders husband

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