The Postman Always Rings Twice
“Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!”
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
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Cast
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John Garfield
Frank Chambers
Known for
Force of Evil
Body and Soul
Lana Turner
Cora Smith
Known for
Imitation of Life
The Bad and the Beautiful
Cecil Kellaway
Nick Smith
Known for
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Harvey
Hume Cronyn
Arthur Keats
Known for
*batteries not included
Cocoon
Leon Ames
Kyle Sackett
Known for
Mister Ed
Meet Me in St. Louis
Audrey Totter
Madge Gorland
Known for
The Set-Up
Lady in the Lake
Alan Reed
Ezra Liam Kennedy
Known for
The Flintstones
Lady and the Tramp
Jeff York
Blair
Known for
Old Yeller
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Philip Ahlm
Photographer (uncredited)
Known for
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
This Land Is Mine
John Alban
Photographer (uncredited)
Also in
Room for One More
Repeat Performance
Don Anderson
Orderly Pushing Wheelchair (uncredited)
Known for
Mirage
Morris Ankrum
Judge (uncredited)
Known for
In a Lonely Place
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Tay Garnett Director · Harry Ruskin Screenplay Niven Busch Screenplay
Worldwide gross $5.1M · Budget $1.7M · United States release May 2, 1946
Box office
Budget
$1,683,000
Worldwide gross
$5,086,000
Gross vs. budget
3.0×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 2, 1946
Theatrical
United States · May 2, 1946
Theatrical
Australia
June 25, 1946 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 23, 1999 · TV · Warner
Czechia
April 14, 2004 · Physical · DVD
France
November 13, 1947 · Theatrical
June 8, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Germany
June 25, 1946 · Digital
Italy
February 23, 1949 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 21, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
July 20, 1947 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 2, 1946 · Theatrical
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