The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 · 2h 2m · Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller · United States of America, Germany · Rated R (US)
You can get away with anything. Once.
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
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adulterous wifebased on novel or bookconfessionconspiracycourtroomcrime of passiondefense lawyerdriftererotic thrillergas stationgreek americaninfidelityinsurance investigatormurdermurdered husbandmurder plotneo-noirobsessionolder husbandplearemakeroadside dinerroadside innscheming wifesexual attractionsexual obsessionunfaithful wifeyoung wife
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