James M. Cain
American novelist, short story writer, journalist (1892-1977) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 85
James Mallahan Cain was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction.
James M. Cain is read about 217 times a day, in 31 languages.
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Billy Wilder Directed Double Indemnity (1944)
Luchino Visconti Directed Obsession (1943)
Michael Curtiz Directed Mildred Pierce (1945)
Charles Boyer James wrote Algiers (1938)
Josef von Sternberg Directed The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Douglas Sirk Directed Interlude (1957)
Rhonda Fleming James wrote Out of the Past (1955)
William Dieterle Directed Blockade (1938)
Jack L. Warner Produced Mildred Pierce (1945)
Joseph Calleia James wrote Algiers (1938)- Jack Smight Directed Double Indemnity (1973)
Leo Carrillo Also in Blockade and Gypsy Wildcat
William K. Howard Directed Money and the Woman (1940)
Lee Patrick James wrote Mildred Pierce (1950)
Ross Hunter Produced Interlude (1957)
Roy William Neill Directed Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
Walter Wanger Produced Blockade (1938)
Carey Wilson Produced The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Franz Peter Wirth Directed Konto ausgeglichen (1959)
Jerry Wald Produced Mildred Pierce (1945)
Arnold Pressburger Produced The Shanghai Gesture (1941)- Henry Blanke Produced Serenade (1956)
- Ralph Murphy Directed She Made Her Bed (1934)
Charles R. Rogers Produced She Made Her Bed (1934)
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1977 · aged 85
