The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981 · 122 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 26,592 VOTES · DIR. Bob Rafelson

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Overview

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Dialogue Timeline — 926 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:20 -You wanna get somethin' to eat? -Nah.
00:06:11 How's food? Good?
00:09:33 I don't have any hand soap here.
00:12:25 You know what it means, that?
00:16:44 No.
00:26:40 $110.
00:29:36 Now I'm gonna show you somethin'. Sit down.
00:33:17 I didn't know what to do.
00:42:00 I hit him! I hit him!
00:46:49 You're sure you don't want me to drive?
00:56:13 What?
01:00:24 -Good wine. -C'mon, Nick.
01:09:12 Moline, Illinois, 13 months.
01:11:31 ...you say, "Talk to the lawyer."
01:13:46 I want to see it! I don't believe it! Show it to me!
01:17:40 They've got no evidence, no witnesses, nothing.
01:19:41 Western's in an unprotected posture here.
01:21:59 The file stays open on you.
01:27:00 You can go now.
01:32:38 What've you got in the back there, if you don't mind my askin'?
01:36:23 I've been thinkin' about a lot of things, Frank.
01:40:13 Yeah. I'll get rid of 'em.
01:43:18 Which one?
01:53:15 It ain't bad, honey. For kids...keep pets.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed926
Dialogue density7.6 lines / min
First line00:02:20
Final line01:53:15

Production Record

DirectorBob Rafelson
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue$12,376,625
IMDb votes26,592