James M. Cain
Personal Info
Known For Writer
Gender Male
Birthday 1892-07-01
Deathday 1977-10-27 (85 years old)
Place of Birth Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Also Known As James Cain, James Mallahan Cain
James M. 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.
Known For
Writer
2017
National Theatre Live: Obsession
as Novel
2011
Mildred Pierce
as Novel
2004
Buai Laju-Laju
as Novel
1998
Passion
as Novel
1995
Girl in the Cadillac
as Novel
1988
The Power of Speech
as Novel
1986
Big Trouble
as Original Film Writer
1982
Butterfly
as Novel
1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Novel
1973
Double Indemnity
as Novel
1968
Interlude
as Screenplay
1959
For the Sake of a Woman
as Original Story
1957
Interlude
as Story
1956
Slightly Scarlet
as Novel
1956
Serenade
as Novel
1949
Everybody Does It
as Story
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Novel
1945
Mildred Pierce
as Novel
1944
Double Indemnity
as Novel
1944
Gypsy Wildcat
as Screenplay
1944
Obsession
as Novel
1941
The Shanghai Gesture
as Writer
1940
Money and the Woman
as Story
1939
The Last Turning
as Novel
1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Screenplay
1939
When Tomorrow Comes
as Story
1939
Wife, Husband and Friend
as Novel
1938
Blockade
as Writer
1938
Algiers
as Dialogue
1934
She Made Her Bed
as Story
Crew
1947
Out of the Past
as Additional Writing
Creator
2011
Mildred Pierce
as Creator