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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
· Movie
· 122 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Every rating
58–71
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 58, highest is Kinopoisk on 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A drifter begins working at a rural diner and becomes dangerously obsessed with the owner's young and beautiful wife. Their intense passion leads them to plot the murder of her husband so they can be together and collect the insurance money. However, their plan does not bring the freedom they expected, instead trapping them in a web of suspicion, guilt, and further violence.
Details
- Director
- Bob Rafelson
- Writer
- David Mamet
- Based on
- The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
- Released
- 20 March 1981
- Country
- United States, Germany
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $12.4M
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