Movie
The Postman Always Rings Twice
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-03-20
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Crime, Romance, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, Northstar International, Lorimar Motion Pictures
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as Frank Chambers
- Jessica Lange as Cora Papadakis
- John Colicos as Nick Papadakis
- Michael Lerner as Mr. Katz
- John P. Ryan as Kennedy
- Anjelica Huston as Madge
- William Traylor as Sackett
- Thomas Hill as Barlow
- Jon Van Ness as Motorcycle Cop
- Brian Farrell as Mortenson
- Raleigh Bond as Insurance Salesman
- William Newman as Man from Home Town
Crew
- Bob Rafelson - Director
- David Mamet - Screenplay
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