The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Released: 1981-03-20 Duration: 2hr 2min
Rating 6.5
You can get away with anything. Once.

Overview

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Production Companies

CIP Filmproduktion GmbH
Lorimar Film Entertainment
Northstar International
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Additional Info

Budget $12,000,000.00
Revenue $12,376,625.00
Original Language en
Popularity 1.9025

Directed By

Bob Rafelson

Crew

Screenplay
David Mamet
Director
Bob Rafelson
Executive Producer
Andrew Braunsberg
Original Music Composer
Michael Small
Director of Photography
Sven Nykvist
Producer
Bob Rafelson
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Robert G. Henderson
Sound Recordist
Brian L. McCarty
Costumer
Tony Faso
Production Design
George Jenkins
Assistant Sound Editor
Nicholas Korda
Extras Casting
Barbara Lambertson
Costumer
Mina Mittelman
Assistant Director
Bill Scott
Dialogue Editor
Norman B. Schwartz
Assistant Art Director
Joseph Hurley
Construction Coordinator
William Maldonado
Assistant Property Master
Arthur Shippee
Sound Effects Editor
Bub Asman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker
Sound Mixer
Art Rochester
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Varney
Assistant Editor
Tim Tobin
Costume Design
Dorothy Jeakins
Set Designer
William Ladd Skinner
Set Decoration
Robert Gould
Makeup Artist
Dorothy J. Pearl
Hairstylist
Toni-Ann Walker
Assistant Sound Editor
Brooke Henderson Ward
Second Assistant Director
Nick Marck
Associate Producer
Michael Barlow
Unit Production Manager
Gerald R. Molen
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Maslow
Special Effects
Bruno Van Zeebroeck
Property Master
Ray Mercer Jr.
Supervising Sound Editor
Alan Robert Murray
Leadman
Donald Krafft
Boom Operator
Richard Thornton
Special Effects
Jerry D. Williams
Special Effects
Jan Aaris

TOP CAST

Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson

Frank Chambers

Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange

Cora Papadakis

John Colicos
John Colicos

Nick Papadakis

Michael Lerner
Michael Lerner

Mr. Katz

John P. Ryan
John P. Ryan

Kennedy

Thomas Hill
Thomas Hill

Barlow

Jon Van Ness
Jon Van Ness

Motorcycle Cop

Brian Farrell
Brian Farrell

Mortenson

Raleigh Bond
Raleigh Bond

Insurance Salesman

William Newman
William Newman

Man from Home Town

Albert Henderson
Albert Henderson

Art Beeman

Don Calfa
Don Calfa

Goebel

Louis Turenne
Louis Turenne

Ringmaster

Charles B. Jenkins
Charles B. Jenkins

Gas Station Attendant

Dick Balduzzi
Dick Balduzzi

Sign Man #1

John Furlong
John Furlong

Sign Man #2

Sam Edwards
Sam Edwards

Ticket Clerk

Betty Cole
Betty Cole

Grandmother

Joni Palmer
Joni Palmer

Granddaughter

Ron Flagge
Ron Flagge

Shoeshine Man

Lionel Mark Smith
Lionel Mark Smith

Crapshooter

Brion James
Brion James

Crapshooter

Frank Arno
Frank Arno

Crapshooter

Virgil Frye
Virgil Frye

Crapshooter

Kenneth Cervi
Kenneth Cervi

Crapshooter

Chris Rellias
Chris Rellias

Greek Party

Basil J. Fovos
Basil J. Fovos

Greek Party

Nick Hasir
Nick Hasir

Greek Party

Demetrios Liappas
Demetrios Liappas

Greek Party

Elsa Raven
Elsa Raven

Matron

Kopi Sotiropulos
Kopi Sotiropulos

Greek Mourner

Tom Maier
Tom Maier

Twin Oaks Customer

Glenn Shadix
Glenn Shadix

Twin Oaks Customer

Tani Guthrie
Tani Guthrie

Twin Oaks Customer

Carolyn Coates
Carolyn Coates

Twin Oaks Customer

Jim S. Cash
Jim S. Cash

Twin Oaks Customer

Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd

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