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 Twice (1946).Cain continued to write and publish novels into his eighties. A number of his works were issued posthumously, including The Cocktail Waitress (2012).
James M. Cain
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Cheimsŭ M Kʻein, Д. М Кейн, جميس كاين, and 22 others
جیمز ام کین, James Mallaham Cain, ג'מס מלהן קין, James M. Cain, ジェームズ・M・ケイン, ג'מס מלהן קן, Кейн, ジェイムズ・M ケイン, Ջեյմս Քեյն, ג'ימס מאלהאן קיין, 詹姆斯·凱恩, 제임스 M. 케인, Cheimsŭ M. Kʻein, ג'יימס קיין, ジェームス ケイン, Cheimsŭ M. Kʿein, Джеймс Кейн, Cain, Cheimsu M. Kèin, James Mallahan Cain, J. M ケイン, James Cain - Born:
- July 1, 1892
- Died:
- Oct. 27, 1977
