
The Postman Always Rings Twice(1946)
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.



Clara Calamai
Giovanna Bragana

Massimo Girotti
Gino Costa

Dhia Cristiani
Anita
Elio Marcuzzo
The Spaniard

Vittorio Duse
Police Officer
Michele Riccardini
Don Remigio

Juan de Landa
Giuseppe Bragana
Michele Sakara
Il Bambino (uncredited)
Ossessione is a crime, drama, romance film released in 1944 exploring themes of adultery, based on novel or book, italian, gas station, italy, innkeeper. Directed by Luchino Visconti, it stars Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani. Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
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