James M. Cain

James M. Cain

Birthday: 1892-07-01
Deathday: 1977-10-27
Place of birth: Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Also know as: James Cain

Biography

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

Production

Double Indemnity

1944

As Novel

Mildred Pierce

1945

As Novel

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981

As Novel

Slightly Scarlet

1956

As Novel

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946

As Novel

Butterfly

1982

As Novel

Serenade

1956

As Novel

The Last Turning

1939

As Novel

Blockade

1938

As Writer

Stand Up and Fight

1939

As Screenplay

When Tomorrow Comes

1939

As Story

Money and the Woman

1940

As Story

Gypsy Wildcat

1944

As Screenplay

Everybody Does It

1949

As Story

Interlude

1968

As Screenplay

Interlude

1957

As Story

Wife, Husband and Friend

1939

As Novel

Girl in the Cadillac

1995

As Novel

Double Indemnity

1973

As Novel

Buai Laju-Laju

2004

As Novel

The Shanghai Gesture

1941

As Writer

She Made Her Bed

1934

As Story

Passion

1998

As Novel

Ossessione

1944

As Novel

National Theatre Live: Obsession

2017

As Novel

Algiers

1938

As Dialogue

Out of the Past

1947

As Additional Writing

The Power of Speech

1988

As Novel

Big Trouble

1986

As Original Film Writer