The Postman Always Rings Twice
“You can get away with anything. Once.”
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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Cast
43 people
Jack Nicholson
Frank Chambers
Known for
The Shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jessica Lange
Cora Papadakis
Known for
Big Fish
Cape Fear
John Colicos
Nick Papadakis
Known for
Battlestar Galactica
The Changeling
Michael Lerner
Mr. Katz
Known for
Godzilla
Barton Fink
John P. Ryan
Kennedy
Known for
Bound
It's Alive
Anjelica Huston
Madge
Known for
Addams Family Values
The Royal Tenenbaums
William Traylor
Sackett
Known for
Fletch
The Man with Two Brains
Thomas Hill
Barlow
Known for
V
The NeverEnding Story
Jon Van Ness
Motorcycle Cop
Known for
Tourist Trap
The Hitcher
Brian Farrell
Mortenson
Also in
Condominium
Blind Ambition
Raleigh Bond
Insurance Salesman
Known for
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Black Widow
William Newman
Man from Home Town
Known for
The Stand
Leprechaun
Bob Rafelson Director · David Mamet Screenplay James M. Cain Author
Worldwide gross $12M · Budget $12M · United States release March 20, 1981
Box office
Budget
$12,000,000
Worldwide gross
$12,376,625
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
CIP Filmproduktion GmbH
Production
Northstar International
Production
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio
Lorimar Film Entertainment
Production
Germany · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Greek
Release dates
United States · March 20, 1981
Theatrical
Czechia
May 1, 1994 · Physical
Germany
April 21, 1981 · Theatrical
Greece
September 25, 1981 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 12, 1981 · Theatrical
Japan
November 21, 1981 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 12, 2003 · TV
Portugal
October 30, 1981 · Theatrical
May 29, 2020 · Premiere · TV re-exibition
Spain
May 27, 1981 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 12, 1981 · Theatrical
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