The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Name: The Postman Always Rings Twice
Director: Bob Rafelson
Genre: Crime, Romance, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1981
Duration: 122 min

"You can get away with anything. Once."

ThumbScore

👍 75%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 70% (RT: 79%, MC: 61)

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Director

Bob Rafelson

Runtime

2h 2m

Country

Germany, United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.5/10 (549 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

79%

Metacritic

Cast

Jack Nicholson as Frank Chambers · 76% avg

Jessica Lange as Cora Papadakis · 70% avg

John Colicos as Nick Papadakis

Michael Lerner as Mr. Katz · 72% avg

John P. Ryan as Kennedy · 73% avg

Anjelica Huston as Madge · 75% avg

William Traylor as Sackett

Thomas Hill as Barlow

Is The Postman Always Rings Twice good?

Most people think so. 75% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 70%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#650 / 1253 · Crime

Rank in its year

#36 / 40 · 1981

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

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. Wikipedia ↗