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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this ambitious book, Mooney seeks to give a broad-based sense of the influence of Dashiell Hammett’s writings on Hollywood film, demonstrating both great knowledge of and enthusiasm for Hammett’s work." -- William Luhr * Saint Peter's University *
"William Mooney's comprehensive survey of Dashiell Hammett's afterlife in the movies combines a logical core Sam Spade would admire with a story that moves as fast as the Continental Op." -- Thomas Leitch * author of Film Adaptation and Its Discontents *
"In this ambitious book, Mooney seeks to give a broad-based sense of the influence of Dashiell Hammett’s writings on Hollywood film, demonstrating both great knowledge of and enthusiasm for Hammett’s work." -- William Luhr * Saint Peter's University *
"William Mooney's comprehensive survey of Dashiell Hammett's afterlife in the movies combines a logical core Sam Spade would admire with a story that moves as fast as the Continental Op." -- Thomas Leitch * author of Film Adaptation and Its Discontents *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
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
Index
