Top billed cast

1. 

   Clara Calamai

   Giovanna Bragana

2. 

   Massimo Girotti

   Gino Costa

3. 

   Dhia Cristiani

   Anita

4. 

   Elio Marcuzzo

   The Spaniard

5. 

   Vittorio Duse

   Police Officer

6. 

   Michele Riccardini

   Don Remigio

7. 

   Juan de Landa

   Giuseppe Bragana

8. 

   Michele Sakara

   Il Bambino (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-19

So much of this adaptation of James Cain's "Postman Always Rings Twice" novel depends on it's stunningly intimate, almost adulatory, photography and on that score this really does not disappoint. "Giovanna" (Clara Calamai) is trapped in a loveless marriage with the older, drunken and thuggish "Giuseppe" (Juan de Landa) when the drifter "Gino" (Massimo Girotti) happens by. He's a jack of all trades and they can use him to help around the place in return for his bed and board. Quite quickly, though, she makes it clear she'd prefer it were her bed, and the pair are soon scheming an end to her loa...read the rest

Recommendations

1. The Postman Always Rings Twice65%
2. Unfaithful67%
3. Revolutionary Road69%
4. L'uomo che guarda64%
5. Third Person58%
6. In Secret61%
7. Notes on a Scandal70%
8. The Talented Mr. Ripley71%
9. Crime of Passion61%
10. Bound72%
11. House of Gucci65%
12. Anna Karenina61%
13. Il falsario66%
14. Killer Heat58%
15. The Godfather86%
16. The Burning Plain65%
17. The Killing76%
18. Casino79%
19. Call Me by Your Name80%
20. Blind61%

Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• adultery
• based on novel or book
• italian
• gas station
• italy
• innkeeper
• murder
• mechanic
• drifter
• older husband
• crime of passion
• neo realism
• scheming wife
• adulterous wife
• italian neo realism
• wife murders husband