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 14.132

Directed By

Bob Rafelson

Crew

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

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

The Salesman

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