The Postman Always Rings Twice

Yes, the 1980 film directed by Bob Rafelson is a remake of the 1946 adaptation, both based on the 1934 novel by James M. Cain. The 1980 version was notable for being far more sexually explicit than the earlier version, which had been constrained by the Hays Production Code.

The film stars Jack Nicholson as drifter Frank Chambers and Jessica Lange as Cora Smith, with John Colicos as Nick, the older husband Cora wants to murder. The chemistry between Nicholson and Lange was widely discussed and became a signature element of the film's reputation.

The film includes a notorious and much-discussed love scene set on a kitchen table between Nicholson and Lange's characters. The scene was considered extremely explicit for a mainstream Hollywood release and generated significant media attention upon the film's debut in 1980.

The film is based on the 1934 novel by James M. Cain, one of the foundational works of hardboiled crime fiction alongside works by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. The story of a drifter and a motel owner's wife plotting murder has been adapted for film multiple times, including Italian director Luchino Visconti's debut feature Ossessione (1943).