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The Postman Always Rings Twice 122 minutes, USA (1981), 18
Average user rating (4.1 / 130 votes)

James M Cain's novel of sexual obsession and murder gets its fourth big screen outing, this time starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange and directed by Bob Rafelson

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The Postman Always Rings Twice: Lange plays Cora, the wife of an older man, Nick Papadakis (Colicos), who owns a roadside diner. When drifter Frank Chambers (Nicholson) happens by, Papadakis gives him a job. Frank and Cora fall in love and soon are going at it behind the back of the husband. Their passionate love takes an even more dangerous turn, however, and they orchestrate an 'accident' that kills the easy-going cuckold...
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