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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) -- The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
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Director:
Writers:
James M. Cain (novel)
David Mamet (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 March 1981 (USA) more
Tagline:
You Will Feel The Heat. more
Plot:
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. full summary | add synopsis
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Postman is right, the second time around more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 (as Tom Hill)

Jon Van Ness ... Motorcycle Cop
Brian Farrell ... Mortenson
Raleigh Bond ... Insurance Salesman
William Newman ... Man from Home Town
Albert Henderson ... Art Beeman
Ken Magee ... Scoutmaster
Eugene Peterson ... Doctor
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Also Known As:
Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt (West Germany)
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Runtime:
122 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Meryl Streep rejected the part of Cora. more
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Crew or equipment visible: When the car goes down the hill the first time, the passenger door comes open and a person can be seen exiting the car through it (1:03:48). more
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Cora: [disgusted, after seeing Frank drink milk directly from the bottle] Will you use a glass? What are you, an animal? more
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What happens at the end?
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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Postman is right, the second time around, 23 January 2004
8/10
Author: jeffcoat

Twice is nice. Hollywood had to try twice to get this story right. Lana Turner was beautiful in the 1946 version, but Jessica Lange was something to kill for opposite Jack Nicholson.

Such raw sensuality would easily persuade a man to lose his very soul. Nicholson's part is certainly unscrupulous to begin with, but in Jessica Lange he finds a confederate with even less scruples. The legal loose ends that dangled in the earlier version are avoided this time with a more plausible chain of events... and the story ends when the story ought to end, instead of being dragged on.

Wonderful character and situation development, intriguing and engaging, even when you know the story. Nice twists of the story from the Lana Turner and Italian ("Ossessione" 1943) versions.

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