The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

  • Director: Tay Garnett
  • Writer: Harry Ruskin,Niven Busch,James M. Cain
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: September 6, 1946
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Bar-B-Q
  • "The Postman Always Rings Twice" is a crime film directed by Ty Garnett and starring Judy and John Garfield . The film was released in the United States on May 2, 1946.
    The film tells the story of a neurotic proprietress of a street cafe who has an affair with a homeless man, decides to kill her husband to defraud insurance money, and finally falls into a self-made scam. This is a story full of lust and killing her husband to make money.

    Details

    • Release date September 6, 1946
    • Filming locations Norwalk, California, USA
    • Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,683,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Kayli 2022-12-25 00:48:47

      the director said

      American author James Cann's 1934 bestseller The Postman Always Rings Twice has been screened four times. In 1939, French director Pierre Chenard made "The Last Turn" based on this novel. It was an excellent psychological thriller, and the actor who played her husband, Michelle Simon, did a great job. But the film was banned from U.S. release by the Hays Office of the U.S. Department of Cinematography. In 1942, the famous Italian director Lucino Visconti made "The Sinking" based on this...

    • By Cleora 2022-12-21 10:51:22

      man wanted , all the men

      The heroine is more beautiful than the one who hangs. The man wanted at the beginning of the film almost represents the desire of all waking men for this woman. The heroine appeared in white clothes. When she eloped in the middle, the white clothes were stained with dust. When they doubted each other, they turned into black clothes, and finally re-established trust in the sea. They wanted to go back together and let go of their previous hatreds. At this time, they were still in white clothes,...

    • By Kasey 2022-12-11 15:38:21

      We are just as stubborn and stubborn

      The 1920s and 1930s was the golden age for the development of classic Hollywood films. Under the dual effects of the studio system and high box office, Hollywood films gradually formed a set of narrative models for genre films. Similar to a symphony, the classic Hollywood narrative structure can also be modeled on the overture, the theme, the first theme variation, the second theme variation, the theme reproduction, and the epilogue. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" was filmed in 1946, and also...

    • By Pablo 2022-12-09 00:08:35

      Shanghai International Film Festival-6.12

      15:45 Yonghua Hall 1 "The Postman Always Rings the Bell Twice" Attendance rate: 95%
        was 10 minutes late because of waiting for a drink. There were still some empty seats when I entered, and some people came one after another on the way. I didn't even come in until three-quarters of the way in, I don't know what to think. . .
        Because it is an old movie, the quality of the copy is not good, but it is still very clear to watch, and the subtitles are basically synchronized, except for...

    • By Hubert 2022-11-16 15:48:40

      A little difference and improvement from the book

      I spent two hours in the afternoon reading Kane's original book, so I immediately found Hollywood's first remake of the movie of the same name to experience it with fresh memory.

      The 1946 version is basically the original work, but the large-scale aspects of the book are not photographed.

      One difference is that at the end of the book, the author doesn't explain the meaning of the title, but the movie, through John Garfield's lines, says it. Those who haven't read the book...

    User comments

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    • By Lorena 2023-09-22 09:17:18

      @CATHAY Oh, if life plays tricks on you, let God save you. The sound effect also feels a bit moldy like this...

    • By Lane 2023-09-17 19:29:32

      2012.12.09 Too deliberate, the title is good, but it feels like a piece of cake

    • By Jazmyn 2023-09-02 03:33:31

      No one can escape the tricks of...

    • By Deontae 2023-07-25 19:46:33

      The direction is: extramarital affairs ethics drama - crime drama - lawyer drama - tangled love drama - fate theory propaganda...

    • By Theodore 2023-07-19 13:59:48

      Really tormented. . . The logic and rhythm are weird. . . Finished watching it with a frenzy of blond legs....

    Movie plot

    This is an old story of "adulter and adulterer murdering her husband". Adapted from the novel of the same name, the film's name comes from a note written by the heroine Cora in the novel to the hero Frank, "God is like a postman, he always rings the bell twice. And you are usually in the backyard, always have to wait until You can only hear it when you ring the bell a second time." The young and beautiful Cora married her much older,...
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    Evaluation action

    Chinese audiences are more familiar with the 1981 remake starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange , but this first edition is the true classic (the remake is more faithful to the original, with more realistic sex scenes) . The film was shot in 1946, just after World War II. Director Ty Garnett 's description of eroticism was quite bold at that time, and the performances of John Garfield and Judy were also dramatic. Now it seems that...
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    Movie quotes

    • [last lines]

      Frank Chambers: You know, there's something about this that's like... well, it's like you're expecting a letter that you're just crazy to get, and you hang around the front door for fear you might not hear him ring. You never realize that he always rings twice.

      Father McConnell: What's that?

      Frank Chambers: Well, he rang twice for Cora... and now he's ringing twice for me, isn't he? That's about it. The truth is, you always hear him ring the second time... even if you're way out in the backyard. Father, you were right. It all works out. I guess God knows more about these things than we do. Somehow or other Cora paid for Nick's life with hers. And now I'm going to. Father, would you send up a prayer for me and Cora? And if you could find it in your heart... make it that we're together, wherever it is.

    • Cora Smith: You won't find anything cheap around here!

    • Madge Gorland: It's a hot day, and that's a leather seat, and I'm wearing a thin skirt.