gino costa ( massimo girotti ) be a young and handsome drifter who arrive in a road bar . he meet the young and beautiful and unsatisfied wife giovanna bragana ( clara calamai ) and her old and fat husband giuseppe bragana ( juan de landa ) and owner of the bar . he trade his mechanical skill by some food and lodging and and have an affair with giovanna . they both decide to kill giuseppe and forge a car accident . the relationship of them become affect by the feeling of guilty and the investigation of the police . this masterpiece end in a tragic way . the noir and neo realistic movie of luchino visconti be outstanding . this be the first time that i watch this version of ` the postman always ring twice . i love the 1946 version with lana turner and and the 1981 version and where jack nicholson and jessica lange have one of the hot sex scene in the history of the cinema and but this one be certainly the best . my vote be ten .