The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

PG
02/05/1946 (GB)
Drama, Romance, Crime, Thriller
1h 53m

Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!

Overview

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

  • Tay GarnettDirector
  • Harry RuskinScreenplay
  • Niven BuschScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $1,683,000

  • Revenue

    $5,086,000

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

Top Billed Cast

John Garfield

John Garfield

Frank Chambers

Lana Turner

Lana Turner

Cora Smith

Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway

Nick Smith

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Arthur Keats

Leon Ames

Leon Ames

Kyle Sackett

Audrey Totter

Audrey Totter

Madge Gorland

Alan Reed

Alan Reed

Ezra Liam Kennedy

Jeff York

Jeff York

Blair

Philip Ahlm

Photographer (uncredited)

John Alban

Photographer (uncredited)

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