James M. Cain

James M. Cain

1892-07-01
85 (1977-10-27)
Annapolis, Maryland, USA

James Mallahan Cain (1892–1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founders of the hardboiled crime genre.

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

James Mallahan Cain (1892–1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founders of the hardboiled crime genre.

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Double Indemnity 1944 (8.1)

A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981 (6.524)

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
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Mildred Pierce 1945 (7.623)

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