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.
Genres
Crime, Romance, Drama, Thriller
Studio
CIP Filmproduktion GmbH
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Postman Always Rings Twice performed
Budget
$12.0M
Worldwide Gross
$12.4M
Gross Profit
$376,625
Return
1.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Frank Chambers
Jack Nicholson
Frank Chambers
Cora Papadakis
Jessica Lange
Cora Papadakis
Nick Papadakis
John Colicos
Nick Papadakis
Mr. Katz
Michael Lerner
Mr. Katz
Kennedy
John P. Ryan
Kennedy
Madge
Anjelica Huston
Madge
Sackett
William Traylor
Sackett
Barlow
Thomas Hill
Barlow
Motorcycle Cop
Jon Van Ness
Motorcycle Cop
Mortenson
Brian Farrell
Mortenson
Insurance Salesman
Raleigh Bond
Insurance Salesman
Man from Home Town
William Newman
Man from Home Town
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