Writing • AGE 85
James Mallahan Cain (1892–1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founders of the hardboiled crime genre.


National Theatre Live: Obsession
Novel
2017

Mildred Pierce
Novel
2011

Buai Laju-Laju
Novel
2004

Passion
Novel
1998

Girl in the Cadillac
Novel
1995

The Power of Speech
Novel
1988

Butterfly
Novel
1982

The Postman Always Rings Twice
Novel
1981

Double Indemnity
Novel
1973

Interlude
Screenplay
1968

Konto ausgeglichen
Novel
1959

For the Sake of a Woman
Original Story
1959

Interlude
Story
1957

Serenade
Novel
1956

Slightly Scarlet
Novel
1956

Everybody Does It
Story
1949

Out of the Past
Additional Writing
1947

The Postman Always Rings Twice
Novel
1946

Mildred Pierce
Novel
1945

Gypsy Wildcat
Screenplay
1944

Double Indemnity
Novel
1944

Obsession
Novel
1943

The Shanghai Gesture
Writer
1941

Money and the Woman
Story
1940

When Tomorrow Comes
Story
1939

The Last Turning
Novel
1939

Wife, Husband and Friend
Novel
1939

Stand Up and Fight
Screenplay
1939

Blockade
Writer
1938

Algiers
Dialogue
1938

She Made Her Bed
Story
1934