James M. Cain

★ Writing #4,839

1892 - 1977 (age 85) • Writing

Born: 7/1/1892 in Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Died: 10/27/1977 (age 85)

Known for: Writing

James M. Cain

★ Writing #4,839

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

81%

Novel

1944

Out of the Past

77%

Additional Writing

1947

The Postman Always Rings Twice

65%

Novel

1981

Mildred Pierce

76%

Novel

1945

The Postman Always Rings Twice

71%

Novel

1946

Obsession

75%

Novel

1943

Mildred Pierce

70%

Novel

2011

The Shanghai Gesture

63%

Writer

1941

National Theatre Live: Obsession

66%

Novel

2017

Mildred Pierce

70%

Novel

2011

Buai Laju-Laju

50%

Novel

2004

Passion

71%

Novel

1998

Girl in the Cadillac

48%

Novel

1995

The Power of Speech

60%

Novel

1988

Butterfly

49%

Novel

1982

The Postman Always Rings Twice

65%

Novel

1981

Double Indemnity

47%

Novel

1973

Interlude

55%

Screenplay

1968

Konto ausgeglichen

50%

Novel

1959

For the Sake of a Woman

75%

Original Story

1959

Interlude

63%

Story

1957

Serenade

56%

Novel

1956

Slightly Scarlet

63%

Novel

1956

Everybody Does It

85%

Story

1949

Out of the Past

77%

Additional Writing

1947

The Postman Always Rings Twice

71%

Novel

1946

Mildred Pierce

76%

Novel

1945

Gypsy Wildcat

60%

Screenplay

1944

Double Indemnity

81%

Novel

1944

Obsession

75%

Novel

1943

The Shanghai Gesture

63%

Writer

1941

Money and the Woman

44%

Story

1940

When Tomorrow Comes

54%

Story

1939

The Last Turning

65%

Novel

1939

Wife, Husband and Friend

65%

Novel

1939

Stand Up and Fight

60%

Screenplay

1939