Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir /
Irwin, John T.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
"Where their best interest lies" : Hammett's The Maltese falcon -- Being boss : Chandler's The big sleep -- Beating the boss : Cain's Double indemnity -- Who's the boss? : W.R. Burnett's High sierra -- Deadline at midnight : Cornell Woolrich's Night has a thousand eyes -- A puzzle of character -- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir -- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir continued.
Detective and mystery films
Film noir
Private investigators in literature.
Detectives in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Masculinity in motion pictures.