The Postman Always Rings Twice
E862775
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1981 neo-noir crime drama film, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder amid a torrid love affair.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film) | 5 |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10340196 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Postman Always Rings Twice Context triple: [Bob Rafelson, directed, The Postman Always Rings Twice]
-
A.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.
-
B.
Out of the Past
Out of the Past is a 1947 film noir classic starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer, renowned for its shadowy cinematography, fatalistic tone, and intricate flashback-driven plot.
-
C.
They Live by Night
They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Nicholas Ray, about a young fugitive couple on the run.
-
D.
To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger is a 1990 independent drama film directed by Charles Burnett, known for its exploration of African American family life and folklore in South Central Los Angeles, featuring a critically acclaimed performance by Danny Glover.
-
E.
Violent Saturday
Violent Saturday is a 1955 American film noir crime drama directed by Richard Fleischer that centers on a small town shaken by a meticulously planned bank robbery and the intersecting lives of its residents.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Postman Always Rings Twice Target entity description: The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1981 neo-noir crime drama film, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder amid a torrid love affair.
-
A.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.
-
B.
Out of the Past
Out of the Past is a 1947 film noir classic starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer, renowned for its shadowy cinematography, fatalistic tone, and intricate flashback-driven plot.
-
C.
They Live by Night
They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Nicholas Ray, about a young fugitive couple on the run.
-
D.
To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger is a 1990 independent drama film directed by Charles Burnett, known for its exploration of African American family life and folklore in South Central Los Angeles, featuring a critically acclaimed performance by Danny Glover.
-
E.
Violent Saturday
Violent Saturday is a 1955 American film noir crime drama directed by Richard Fleischer that centers on a small town shaken by a meticulously planned bank robbery and the intersecting lives of its residents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOfGenre | hardboiled crime novel ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | James M. Cain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Anjelica Huston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christopher Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Nicholson NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ John Colicos NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Lerner NERFINISHED ⓘ William Traylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Sven Nykvist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Michael Small NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Bob Rafelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editor | Graeme Clifford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ |
| isRemakeOf | The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor | Jack Nicholson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Jessica Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cora Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frank Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | feature film ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A drifter and a married woman begin a torrid affair and plot to murder her husband. ⓘ |
| producer |
Bob Rafelson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Mulvehill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Lorimar Film Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 122 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | David Mamet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ fatal passion ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1930s ⓘ |
| title | The Postman Always Rings Twice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Postman Always Rings Twice Description of subject: The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1981 neo-noir crime drama film, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder amid a torrid love affair.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film)
this entity surface form:
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film)
subject surface form:
Julius Garfinkle
this entity surface form:
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film)
this entity surface form:
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film)
this entity surface form:
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film)