James M. Cain
Annapolis, Maryland, USA

James Mallahan Cain (1892–1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founders of the hardboiled crime genre.

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National Theatre Live: Obsession (2017)
Novel
Buai Laju-Laju (2004)
Novel
Passion (1998)
Novel
Girl in the Cadillac (1995)
Novel
The Power of Speech (1988)
Novel
Big Trouble (1986)
Original Film Writer
Butterfly (1982)
Novel
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Novel
Double Indemnity (1973)
Novel
Interlude (1968)
Screenplay
For the Sake of a Woman (1959)
Original Story
Interlude (1957)
Story
Serenade (1956)
Novel
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Novel
Everybody Does It (1949)
Story
Out of the Past (1947)
Additional Writing
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Novel
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Novel
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
Screenplay
Double Indemnity (1944)
Novel
Ossessione (1944)
Novel
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Writer
Money and the Woman (1940)
Story
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Story
The Last Turning (1939)
Novel
Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
Novel
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
Screenplay
Blockade (1938)
Writer
Algiers (1938)
Dialogue
She Made Her Bed (1934)
Story