Cast and crew
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
49 cast and 17 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast49
John GarfieldFrank Chambers
Lana TurnerCora Smith
Cecil KellawayNick Smith
Hume CronynArthur Keats
Leon AmesKyle Sackett
Audrey TotterMadge Gorland
Alan ReedEzra Liam Kennedy
Jeff YorkBlair- Philip AhlmPhotographer (uncredited)
- John AlbanPhotographer (uncredited)
Don AndersonOrderly Pushing Wheelchair (uncredited)
Morris AnkrumJudge (uncredited)- King BaggotCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Betty BlytheCustomer (uncredited)
- Paul BradleyMan (uncredited)
Wally CassellBen (uncredited)- Jack ChefeHeadwaiter (uncredited)
- Dick CrockettReporter (uncredited)
- Oliver CrossMan (uncredited)
- James DarrellReporter (uncredited)
- Tom DillonFather McConnell (uncredited)
- Edward EarleDoctor (uncredited)
James FarleyWarden (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerPicnic Manager (uncredited)- Joel FriedkinJohn X. McHugh (uncredited)
- A. Cameron GrantWillie (uncredited)
- Robert HainesCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- William HalliganJudge (uncredited)
- Bud HarrisonBailiff (uncredited)
- Paul KrugerOfficer (uncredited)
- Frank MayoBailiff (uncredited)
- Helen McLeodCustomer (uncredited)
- Harold MillerPhotographer (uncredited)
- Howard M. MitchellDoctor (uncredited)
- Sandra MorganMatron (uncredited)
- George NoisomTelegraph Messenger (uncredited)
- Garry OwenTruck Driver (uncredited)
- Dorothy PhillipsNurse (uncredited)
- Dan QuiggMan (uncredited)
- Virginia L. RandolphSnooty Woman (uncredited)
- Paula RayWoman (uncredited)
- Hilda RhodesCustomer (uncredited)
- Walter RidgeReporter (uncredited)
- Jeffrey SayreReporter (uncredited)
- Edgar SherrodMinor Role (uncredited)
- Reginald SimpsonPhotographer (uncredited)
- Brick SullivanOfficer (uncredited)
- John M. SullivanDoctor (uncredited)
- Charles WilliamsDoctor (uncredited)
Crew17
Directing
- Tay GarnettDirector
- Bill LewisAssistant Director
Writing
- Harry RuskinScreenplay
- Niven BuschScreenplay
- James M. CainNovel
Production
- Carey WilsonProducer
Camera
- Sidney WagnerDirector of Photography
Editing
- George WhiteEditor
Sound and music
- George BassmanOriginal Music Composer
- Douglas ShearerSound Director, Recording Supervision
- Ted DuncanOrchestrator
Art
- Cedric GibbonsArt Direction
- Randall DuellArt Direction
- Edwin B. WillisSet Decoration
Costume and make-up
- Irene LentzCostume Supervisor
- Jack DawnMakeup Artist
- Marion Herwood KeyesCostume Assistant