Jessica Lange,Anjelica Huston in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange simmer in the intense, erotic reworking of the John Garfield/Lana Turner classic about a seedy wanderer whose new job at a roadside diner leads, first, to a torrid affair with the owner's sexy young wife and, finally, a fiendish murder plot. John Colicos, Michael Lerner, Anjelica Huston, and Christopher Lloyd co-star; Bob Rafelson directs from James M. Cain's novel and David Mamet's screenplay. 121 min.