The Postman Always Rings Twice
You can get away with anything. Once.
1981 | 122m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Bob Rafelson |
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| Writer: | David Mamet, James M. Cain |
| Staring: |
| The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 20, 1981 |
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| Director: | Bob Rafelson |
| Writer: | David Mamet, James M. Cain |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | sexual obsession, confession, infidelity, gas station, obsession, sexual attraction, drifter, courtroom, insurance investigator, crime of passion, erotic thriller, murder plot, plea, unfaithful wife, greek american, scheming wife, adulterous wife, defense lawyer, murdered husband, young wife |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Lorimar Film Entertainment, CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, Northstar International |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $12,376,625
Budget: $12,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jack Nicholson | Frank Chambers |
| Jessica Lange | Cora Papadakis |
| John Colicos | Nick Papadakis |
| Michael Lerner | Mr. Katz |
| John P. Ryan | Kennedy |
| Anjelica Huston | Madge |
| William Traylor | Sackett |
| Thomas Hill | Barlow |
| Jon Van Ness | Motorcycle Cop |
| Brian Farrell | Mortenson |
| Raleigh Bond | Insurance Salesman |
| William Newman | Man from Home Town |
| Albert Henderson | Art Beeman |
| Eugene Peterson | Doctor |
| Don Calfa | Goebel |
| Louis Turenne | Ringmaster |
| Charles B. Jenkins | Gas Station Attendant |
| Dick Balduzzi | Sign Man #1 |
| John Furlong | Sign Man #2 |
| Sam Edwards | Ticket Clerk |
| Betty Cole | Grandmother |
| Joni Palmer | Granddaughter |
| Ron Flagge | Shoeshine Man |
| Lionel Mark Smith | Crapshooter |
| Brion James | Crapshooter |
| Frank Arno | Crapshooter |
| Virgil Frye | Crapshooter |
| Kenneth Cervi | Crapshooter |
| Chris Rellias | Greek Party |
| Theodoros A. Karavidas | Greek Party |
| Basil J. Fovos | Greek Party |
| Nick Hasir | Greek Party |
| Demetrios Liappas | Greek Party |
| James O'Connell | Judge |
| William H. McDonald | Bailiff |
| Elsa Raven | Matron |
| Kopi Sotiropulos | Greek Mourner |
| Tom Maier | Twin Oaks Customer |
| Glenn Shadix | Twin Oaks Customer |
| Tani Guthrie | Twin Oaks Customer |
| Carolyn Coates | Twin Oaks Customer |
| Jim S. Cash | Twin Oaks Customer |
| Christopher Lloyd | The Salesman |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Terry Liebling | Casting |
| David Mamet | Screenplay |
| Dorothy Jeakins | Costume Design |
| Robert Gould | Set Decoration |
| Gerald R. Molen | Unit Production Manager |
| Alan Robert Murray | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Michael Small | Original Music Composer |
| George Jenkins | Production Design |
| Dorothy J. Pearl | Makeup Artist |
| Bill Scott | Assistant Director |
| Robert G. Henderson | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art Rochester | Sound Mixer |
| Bill Varney | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Bruno Van Zeebroeck | Special Effects |
| Donald Krafft | Leadman |
| Arthur Shippee | Assistant Property Master |
| Tony Faso | Costumer |
| Tim Tobin | Assistant Editor |
| Toni-Ann Walker | Hairstylist |
| Nick Marck | Second Assistant Director |
| Nicholas Korda | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Brian L. McCarty | Sound Recordist |
| Norman B. Schwartz | Dialogue Editor |
| Brooke Henderson Ward | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jan Aaris | Special Effects |
| William Maldonado | Construction Coordinator |
| William Ladd Skinner | Set Designer |
| Mina Mittelman | Costumer |
| Bub Asman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Richard Thornton | Boom Operator |
| Jerry D. Williams | Special Effects |
| Joseph Hurley | Assistant Art Director |
| Ray Mercer Jr. | Property Master |
| Barbara Lambertson | Extras Casting |
| Eric H. Sandberg | Costumer |
| Bob Rafelson | Director |
| James M. Cain | Novel |
| Sven Nykvist | Director of Photography |
| Graeme Clifford | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Barlow | Associate Producer |
| Charles Mulvehill | Producer |
| Andrew Braunsberg | Executive Producer |
| Bob Rafelson | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 23 | 32 | 13 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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