Postman Always Rings Twice, The
Warner Bros. (1946)
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
In Collection
#10302
0*
Seen ItYes
012569585829
IMDB   7.6
1 hr 53 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Lana Turner Cora Smith
John Garfield Frank Chambers
Cecil Kellaway Nick Smith
Hume Cronyn Arthur Keats
Leon Ames Kyle Sackett
Audrey Totter Madge Gorland
Alan Reed Ezra Liam Kennedy
Jeff York Blair
Philip Ahlm Photographer (uncredited)
John Alban Photographer (uncredited)
Director
Tay Garnett
David Heeley
Producer Carey Wilson
Writer James M. Cain
Harry Ruskin
Niven Busch
Cinematography Sidney Wagner
Musician George Bassman


Their Love Was a Flame that Destroyed!

The sign outside the roadside diner says "Man Wanted." Drifter Frank Chambers knows the sign has more than one meaning when he eyes pouty, luminous Cora, the much-younger bride of the diner's proprietor.

Based on the same-titled novel by James M. Cain (Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce), this quintessential film-noir classic combines studio-system gloss with Cain's hard-bitten tale of murderous attractions. John Garfield and Lana Turner give career-benchmark performances as Frank and Cora, illicit lovers who botch a first attempt to bump off Cora's hubby, pull it off, betray each other at trial and yet wriggle free. But their volatile tale does not end there. As the film's metaphorical title indicates, fate is sure to ring again.
Edition Details
Distributor Warner Home Video
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 Color
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Revealing Documentary Profile "The John Garfield Story," Narrated by Julie Garfield
Introduction by Film Historian and Author Richard Jewell
Theatrical Trailers of the Original and the 1981 Remake
Behind-the-Scenes Image Gallery