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James M. Cain

Name in Native Language: "James Mallahan Cain" (English/EN)
Screenwriter / Novelist / Journalist / Writer | * 07/01/1892 († 85, 10/27/1977) | Annapolis (United States of America (USA))
James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction. His novels The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Double Indemnity (1936), Serenade (1937), Mildred Pierce (1941) and The Butterfly (1947) brought him critical acclaim and an immense popular readership in America and abroad. Though Cain never delivered a successful Hollywood screenplay, several of his novels were made into highly regarded films, among them Double Indemnity (1944), Mildred Pierce (1945) and The Postman Always Rings T..."> ()
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James Mallahan Cain (1892–1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founders of the hardboiled crime genre.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Crime

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A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter. ...

Mildred Pierce

NR

1945 | 3.8/5 | 1h 51min
Crime, Drama
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A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband. ...

The Postman Always Rings Twice

NR

1946 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
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The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. ...

The Postman Always Rings Twice

R

1981 | 3.3/5 | 2h 2min
Romance / Love, Crime, Drama
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A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in cr ...

Double Indemnity

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1944 | 4.1/5 | 1h 48min
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Movies with James M. Cain as Crew(27)

Writing/Novel2017 National Theatre Live: Obsession
Writing/Novel2004 Buai Laju-Laju
Writing/Novel1998 Passion
Writing/Novel1995 Girl in the Cadillac
Writing/Novel1982 Butterfly
Writing/Novel1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Writing/Novel1973 Double Indemnity
Writing/Screenplay1968 Interlude
Writing/Story1957 Interlude
Writing/Novel1956 Serenade
Writing/Novel1956 Slightly Scarlet
Writing/Story1949 Everybody Does It
Crew/Additional Writing1947 Out of the Past
Writing/Novel1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Writing/Novel1945 Mildred Pierce
Writing/Screenplay1944 Gypsy Wildcat
Writing/Novel1944 Double Indemnity
Writing/Novel1944 Ossessione
Writing/Writer1941 The Shanghai Gesture
Writing/Story1940 Money and the Woman
Writing/Novel1939 Wife, Husband and Friend
Writing/Novel1939 The Last Turning
Writing/Story1939 When Tomorrow Comes
Writing/Screenplay1939 Stand Up and Fight
Writing/Writer1938 Blockade
Writing/Dialogue1938 Algiers
Writing/Story1934 She Made Her Bed

Full Name: James Cain
Born: Friday, 07/01 1892 (July) in Annapolis (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 10/27 1977 (October) in University Park (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Washington College
Employer: The Baltimore Sun
Other names for James M. Cain (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"James Cain"
"James Mallahan Cain"
James M. Cain frequently works together with these people:
Bess Flowers (4x, Actress)
Nunnally Johnson (4x, Crew)
Luchino Visconti (4x, Crew)
Giuseppe De Santis (4x, Crew)
Matt Cimber (4x, Crew)
Billy Wilder (3x, Crew)
Josef von Sternberg (3x, Crew)
Raymond Chandler (3x, Crew)
Mario Alicata (3x, Crew)
Harold Miller (3x, Actor)
Giuseppe Cannas (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:798937, Added: 11/07/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024