The Postman Always Rings Twice

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crime drama film film film noir

The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime drama film → film → film noir →
adaptationOf	hardboiled crime novel →
authorOfSourceWork	James M. Cain →
basedOn	The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel) →
blackAndWhite	true →
cinematographer	Sidney Wagner NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Tay Garnett →
distributedInFormat	theatrical release →
distributor	Loew's Inc. → Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
editor	George White →
era	Golden Age of Hollywood →
filmingStyle	high-contrast black-and-white cinematography →
genre	crime drama → film noir →
hasSettingPeriod	1930s →
hasTheme	adultery → betrayal → fatalism → murder →
mainCharacter	Cora Smith → Frank Chambers → Nick Smith →
mpaaRating	Passed →
musicBy	Ernest Toch → George Bassman →
narrativeForm	linear narrative →
notableFor	Lana Turner’s iconic white-costume entrance scene →
originalLanguage	English →
partOf	classic Hollywood film noir canon →
plotSummary	A drifter and a married woman conspire to murder her husband, leading to betrayal and tragedy. →
producer	Carey Wilson →
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
releaseDate	May 2, 1946 →
releaseYear	1946 →
runtimeMinutes	113 →
screenwriter	Harry Ruskin → Niven Busch →
setIn	California → roadside diner →
starring	Cecil Kellaway → Hume Cronyn → John Garfield → Lana Turner NERFINISHED → Leon Ames →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hume Cronyn → John Garfield → John Garfield →	notableWork
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) ("The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel)") →	basedOn