Research Catalog

Title

The postman always rings twice / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Carey Wilson ; screen play by Harry Ruskin and Nivel Busch, based on the novel by James M. Cain ; directed by Tay Garnett.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video/Turner Entertainment, [1996], ©1996.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977.
• Garnett, Tay.
• Wilson, Carey, 1889-1962.
• Ruskin, Harry, 1894-1969.
• Busch, Niven, 1903-1991.
• Turner, Lana, 1921-1995.
• Garfield, John.
• Kellaway, Cecil, 1891-1973.
• Cronyn, Hume.
• Ames, Leon, 1902-1993.
• Totter, Audrey.
• Reed, Alan, 1907-1977.
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Description

1 videocassette (113 min.) : sound, black and white; 1/2 in.

Summary

Steamy tale of a drifter offered a job at a roadside diner by the owner, an easy-going older man. When the drifter and the owner's voluptuous wife fall in love, they plot to kill her husband and run away together.

Series Statement

MGM/UA vintage classics

Uniform Title

MGM/UA vintage classics.

Subjects

• American fiction > 20th century > Film adaptations
• Feature films
• Film noir

Note

• Videocassette release of the 1946 motion picture.
• Includes original theatrical trailer.

System Details (note)

• VHS format.

ISBN

079282976X

OCLC

• 35107354
• ocm35107354

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries