James M. Cain
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1 July 1892 · Annapolis, Maryland, USA
- Died
- 27 October 1977
James Mallahan Cain (1892–1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founders of the hardboiled crime genre.
Known for
Writing 30
- 2017National Theatre Live: Obsession · novel
- 2004Buai Laju-Laju · novel
- 1998Passion · novel
- 1995Girl in the Cadillac · novel
- 1988The Power of Speech · novel
- 1986Big Trouble · original film writer
- 1982Butterfly · novel
- 1981The Postman Always Rings Twice · novel
- 1973Double Indemnity · novel
- 1968Interlude · screenplay
- 1959Konto ausgeglichen · novel
- 1959For the Sake of a Woman · original story
- 1957Interlude · story
- 1956Serenade · novel
- 1956Slightly Scarlet · novel
- 1949Everybody Does It · story
- 1946The Postman Always Rings Twice · novel
- 1945Mildred Pierce · novel
- 1944Gypsy Wildcat · screenplay
- 1944Double Indemnity · novel
- 1943Obsession · novel
- 1941The Shanghai Gesture · writer
- 1940Money and the Woman · story
- 1939When Tomorrow Comes · story
- 1939The Last Turning · novel
- 1939Wife, Husband and Friend · novel
- 1939Stand Up and Fight · screenplay
- 1938Blockade · writer
- 1938Algiers · dialogue
- 1934She Made Her Bed · story
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- 1947Out of the Past · additional writing