James M. Cain

James Mallahan Cain
Osnovni podaci
Rođenje	1.7. 1892. Annapolis, Maryland, SAD
Smrt	27. oktobar 1977. (starost 85) Hyattsville, Maryland, SAD
Zanimanje	romanopisac, novinar
Nacionalnost	američko
Djelo
Žanrovi	kriminalistički

James Mallahan Cain (1.7., 1892 – 27.10. 1977.) bio je američki novinar i romanopisac. Iako se sam Cain s time nije htio složiti, obično ga se povezuje s hardboiled školom američke kriminalističke proze i jednim od tvoraca roman noira.

[uredi - уреди] Bibliografija

Our Government (1930)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) (ekraniziran nekoliko puta; prvi put od Viscontija 1943 — v. Ossessione)
Serenade (1937) (ekranizirao Anthony Mann godine 1956 — v. Serenade)
Mildred Pierce (1941) (ekranizirao Michael Curtiz godine 1945 — v. Mildred Pierce)
Love's Lovely Counterfeit (1942) (ekranizirao Allan Dwan 1956 — v. Slightly Scarlet)
Career in C Major and Other Stories (1943)
Double Indemnity (1943) (prvi put izdao Liberty Magazine, 1936) (ekranizirao Billy Wilder 1944, scenarij napisali Wilder i Raymond Chandler — v. Double Indemnity)
The Embezzler (1944) (prvi put izdan kao Money and the Woman, Liberty Magazine, 1938)
Past All Dishonor (1946)
The Butterfly (1947) (ekranizirao Matt Cimber 1982 — v. Butterfly)
The Moth (1948)
Sinful Woman (1948)
Jealous Woman (1950)
The Root of His Evil (1951) (izdan i kao Shameless)
Galatea (1953)
Mignon (1962)
The Magician's Wife (1965)
Rainbow's End (1975)
The Institute (1976)
The Baby in the Icebox (1981) [zbirka novela]
Cloud Nine (1983)
The Enchanted Isle (1985) (ekranizirao Lucas Platt 1995 kao Girl in the Cadillac)