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
Double Indemnity
(1944)
Novel
Ossessione
(1944)
Novel
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(1981)
Novel
Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Novel
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(1946)
Novel
Butterfly
(1982)
Novel
The Shanghai Gesture
(1941)
Writer
Big Trouble
(1986)
Original Film Writer
National Theatre Live: Obsession
(2017)
Novel
Full Filmography
Writing
She Made Her Bed
(1934)
Story
Algiers
(1938)
Dialogue
Blockade
(1938)
Writer
Stand Up and Fight
(1939)
Screenplay
Wife, Husband and Friend
(1939)
Novel
When Tomorrow Comes
(1939)
Story
The Last Turning
(1939)
Novel
Money and the Woman
(1940)
Story
The Shanghai Gesture
(1941)
Writer
Double Indemnity
(1944)
Novel
Ossessione
(1944)
Novel
Gypsy Wildcat
(1944)
Screenplay
Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Novel
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(1946)
Novel
Everybody Does It
(1949)
Story
Serenade
(1956)
Novel
Slightly Scarlet
(1956)
Novel
Interlude
(1957)
Story
For the Sake of a Woman
(1959)
Original Story
Interlude
(1968)
Screenplay
Double Indemnity
(1973)
Novel
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(1981)
Novel
Butterfly
(1982)
Novel
Big Trouble
(1986)
Original Film Writer
The Power of Speech
(1988)
Novel
Girl in the Cadillac
(1995)
Novel
Passion
(1998)
Novel
Buai Laju-Laju
(2004)
Novel
National Theatre Live: Obsession
(2017)
Novel
Crew