As the father of the hardboiled detective genre, Dashiell Hammett had a huge influence on Hollywood. Yet, it is easy to forget how adaptable Hammett's work was, fitting into a variety of genres and inspiring generations of filmmakers. Dashiell Hammett and the Movies offers the first comprehensive look at Hammett's broad oeuvre and how it was adapted into films from the 1930s all the way into the 1990s.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1          Three Early Films: Roadhouse Nights (1930), City Streets (1931), and Mister Dynamite (1935)

2          The Thin Man (1934)

3          After The Thin Man: From Sequel to Series

4          Woman in the Dark (1934) and Watch on the Rhine (1943)

5          The Maltese Falcon (1931), Satan Met a Lady (1936), andThe Maltese Falcon (1941)

6          The Glass Key (1935 and 1942)

7          Hammett in Retrospect: Miller’s Crossing

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography