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The Postman Always Rings Twice
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
1946 · Directed by Tay Garnett · 113 min · Drama · Romance · Crime · Thriller · 13 frames
Tagline
Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!
Crew
- Screenplay: Harry Ruskin, Niven Busch
- Cinematography: Sidney Wagner
- Edited by: George White
- Music: George Bassman
- Produced by: Carey Wilson
Cast
- John Garfield as Frank Chambers
- Lana Turner as Cora Smith
- Cecil Kellaway as Nick Smith
- Hume Cronyn as Arthur Keats
- Leon Ames as Kyle Sackett
- Audrey Totter as Madge Gorland
- Alan Reed as Ezra Liam Kennedy
- Jeff York as Blair
- Philip Ahlm as Photographer (uncredited)
- John Alban as Photographer (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $1,683,000
- Box office: $5,086,000
- Themes: adultery, infidelity, based on novel or book, gas station, diner, femme fatale, film noir, murder, black and white, drifter
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