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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 .
- Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity is a 1943 crime novel by American...
- Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce is a psychological drama by James M. Cain...
- The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by...
- The Baby in the Icebox
"The Baby in the Icebox" is a 1932 short story by James M....
- The Root of His Evil
The Root of His Evil is a novel by James M. Cain published...
- Double Indemnity
James M. Cain (born July 1, 1892, Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.—died October 27, 1977, University Park, Maryland) was a novelist whose violent, sexually obsessed, and relentlessly paced melodramas epitomized the “hard-boiled” school of writing that flourished in the United States in the 1930s and ’40s.
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