A married woman and a drifter fall in love and then plot to murder her husband.A married woman and a drifter fall in love and then plot to murder her husband.A married woman and a drifter fall in love and then plot to murder her husband.
Philip Ahlm
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
John Alban
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Don Anderson
- Orderly Pushing Wheelchair
- (uncredited)
Morris Ankrum
- Judge
- (uncredited)
King Baggot
- Courtroom Spectator
- (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
- Customer
- (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
- Man
- (uncredited)
Barbara Brewster
- Danielle - Ben's Twin Girl
- (uncredited)
Gloria Brewster
- Yvette - Ben's Twin Girl
- (uncredited)
Wally Cassell
- Ben
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaJames M. Cain was so impressed with Lana Turner's performance he presented her with a leather-bound copy of the book inscribed, "For my dear Lana, thank you for giving a performance that was even finer than I expected."
- GoofsWhen Cora opens the cash register to leave a note, the bill in the register is a Confederate one-dollar bill.
This is not an "Anachronism", as Confederate money certainly existed in the 1940s, though it might be considered odd that the proprietor accepted it.
- Quotes
Cora Smith: It's too bad Nick took the car.
Frank Chambers: Even if it was here, we couldn't take it, unless we'd want to spend the night in jail. Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing a man's car, that's larceny.
- Crazy creditsOpening and ending credits are shown over the hardcover book of the same name.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
- SoundtracksShe's Funny That Way
(1928) (uncredited)
Music by Neil Moret
Lyrics by Richard A. Whiting
Played on guitar and Sung by Cecil Kellaway
Featured review
Good Atmospheric Film-Noir With A Memorable Role For Lana Turner
The good atmosphere and Lana Turner's memorable role make this a film-noir classic worth seeing. The story starts out to be relatively simple, allowing the cast and the atmosphere to carry it, and then heads through a series of twists and turns, picking up the pace as it goes along.
John Garfield and the supporting cast are solid, but it is Turner who really stands out and grabs the attention anytime she is on-screen. It's nothing against Garfield to say that in comparison he is almost just along for the ride, yet he does a creditable job and makes his character believable. The supporting cast helps out as well, with Cecil Kellaway on-target as Turner's oblivious husband, and Hume Cronyn likewise in good form as a conscience-free lawyer.
The story pulls you in slowly, and then has some good turns as it picks up steam towards the middle. There may be a couple of too-convenient plot developments, but otherwise it is well-written.
This classic version is quite a bit better than the early 1980s remake, which required little imagination to make or to watch. Turner's character and performance, in particular (aided by good camera work), demonstrate that the suggestive can be quite a bit more effective and memorable than the explicit.
"The Postman Always Rings Twice" has just about everything you could ask for in a film-noir. It's probably just a cut below the best of the genre, and still one of the movies that most fans of film-noir would not want to miss.
John Garfield and the supporting cast are solid, but it is Turner who really stands out and grabs the attention anytime she is on-screen. It's nothing against Garfield to say that in comparison he is almost just along for the ride, yet he does a creditable job and makes his character believable. The supporting cast helps out as well, with Cecil Kellaway on-target as Turner's oblivious husband, and Hume Cronyn likewise in good form as a conscience-free lawyer.
The story pulls you in slowly, and then has some good turns as it picks up steam towards the middle. There may be a couple of too-convenient plot developments, but otherwise it is well-written.
This classic version is quite a bit better than the early 1980s remake, which required little imagination to make or to watch. Turner's character and performance, in particular (aided by good camera work), demonstrate that the suggestive can be quite a bit more effective and memorable than the explicit.
"The Postman Always Rings Twice" has just about everything you could ask for in a film-noir. It's probably just a cut below the best of the genre, and still one of the movies that most fans of film-noir would not want to miss.
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- $1,683,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) officially released in India in English?
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