James M. Cain

James Mallahan Cain
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	1.7. 1892. Annapolis, Maryland, SAD
Smrt	27. 10. 1977. (dob: 85) Hyattsville, Maryland, SAD
Nacionalnost	američko
Obrazovanje
Zanimanje	romanopisac, novinar
Opus
Književne vrste	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.

• Our Government (1930)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) (ekraniziran nekoliko puta; uključujući Viscontijev Ossessione 1943. godine)
• 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)

• James M. Cain's collection at the University of Maryland Library Arhivirano 2012-08-20 na Wayback Machine-u
• Bibliography and reviews
• "James M. Cain", an essay by William Marling Arhivirano 2012-02-06 na Wayback Machine-u