The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

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7.5	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Tay Garnett

Starring (View all)

Lana Turner
Cora Smith

John Garfield
Frank Chambers

Cecil Kellaway
Nick Smith

Hume Cronyn
Arthur Keats

Leon Ames
Kyle Sackett

Audrey Totter
Madge Gorland

Alan Reed
Ezra Liam Kennedy

Jeff York
Blair

Written by

Niven Busch
(screen play)

James M. Cain

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A classic

11 years, 2 months ago at Aug 3 7:02

johanlefourbe

Since this flick is on the list '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die', I was definitely eager to check it out. I have already seen two other versions of this story ('Ossessione' (1943), 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' (1981)) and this version is the best one I have seen so far (still have to see the very first one 'Le dernier tournant' (1939)), on the other hand, I'm pretty much done with thi... read more

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A drifter hitches a ride from the local District Attorney to an 'out of the way' restaurant/gas station owned by a man and his beautiful wife. They fall in love and together they plot the murder of her husband.

Release date: 6 September 1946
UPC: 012569585829

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