
James M. Cain
Writer
July 1, 1892 — October 27, 1977 (85 years)
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
Filmography
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Obsession · as Novel |
| 2011 | Mildred Pierce · as Novel |
| 2004 | Swing My Swing High, My Darling · as Novel |
| 1998 | Passion · as Novel |
| 1995 | Girl in the Cadillac · as Novel |
| 1988 | Puissance de la parole · as Novel |
| 1981 | Butterfly · as Novel |
| 1981 | The Postman Always Rings Twice · as Novel |
| 1973 | Double Indemnity · as Novel |
| 1968 | Interlude · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | Serenade · as Novel |
| 1956 | Slightly Scarlet · as Novel |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre · as Novel |
| 1947 | |
| 1946 | The Postman Always Rings Twice · as NovelOn Plex |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce · as Novel |
| 1944 | Gypsy Wildcat · as Screenplay |
| 1944 | Double Indemnity · as Novel |
| 1943 | Obsession · as NovelOn Plex |
| 1941 | |
| 1939 | The Last Turning · as Novel |
| 1939 | Wife, Husband and Friend · as Novel |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight · as Screenplay |
| 1938 | |
| 1937 |
| 1952 | Today · as Self - Guest |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre · as Novel "double Indemnity" |
| 1959 | For the Sake of a Woman · as Original Story |
| 1957 | Interlude · as Story |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week · as Novel "double Indemnity In Three Of A Kind" |
| 1949 | Everybody Does It · as Story |
| 1940 | Money and the Woman · as Story |
| 1939 | When Tomorrow Comes · as Story |
| 1938 | Algiers · as DialogueOn Plex |


















