Dashiell Hammett
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Other Works by Dashiell Hammett
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"Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960" [2001] Edited by Richard Leyman, Julie Rivett & Josephine Hammett Marshall Counterpoint 9x5¾ pb [6/2002] for $25.00 Counterpoint 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2001] for $40.00 |
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"Secret Agent X-9" comic strip [1934+] written by Dashiell Hammett; illustrations by Alex Raymond Intl Polygonics 10½x6 pb [4/83] out of print/used |
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"Secret Agent X-9" 12-episode serial [Universal April 1937]
Secret Agent X-9 sets out to recover the Belgravia crown jewels from master thief Blackstone. Starring Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, David Oliver, Monte Blue, Henry Hunter, Lon Chaney Jr. & Henry Brandon V.C.I. b&w DVD [1/2003] for $26.99 1937 serial credits from IMDb |
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"Secret Agent X-9" 13-episode serial [Universal July 1945]
American, Australian & Chinese agents join forces against the Nazis & the Japanese over the formula for a synthetic jet fuel. Starring Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke, Jan Wiley, Victoria Horne, Samuel S. Hinds, Cy Kendall, Jack Overman, Benson Fong & Arno Frey V.C.I. b&w DVD [1/2003] 2 disks for $17.99 V.C.I. b&w VHS [2/2003] 2 tapes for $28.49 1945 serial credits from IMDb |
"Sam Spade" radio program [1946-51] 73 episodes on CD
Works About Dashiell Hammett
  | "Devil's Garden" [2009] by Ace Atkins  
Pinkerton agent (and future noir master) Dashiell Hammett was indeed hired by the defense team in the notorious San Francisco manslaughter trials of silent screen star Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. From this seed of fact, Atkins weaves together the lives of Hollywood luminaries such as Arbuckle, his estranged wife Minta Durfee, newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, and Hearst's very public mistress Marion Davies. PUB pb [DUE March 2010] pre-order for $10.20 Putnam 9x6 hardcover [4/2009] for $17.96 |
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"Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers" [2001] by Josephine Hammett Marshall Carroll & Graf 10¼x7¼ hardcover [11/2001] for $21.00 |
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"A Dashiell Hammett Companion" [2000] by Robert L. Gale Greenwood Publg 9½x6.4 hardcover [2/2000] for $93.95 |
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"Literary Masters Series: Dashiell Hammett" [2000] by Richard Layman Gale Group 9.6x7½ hardcover [1/2000] for $72.75 |
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"Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer" [1999] documentary film directed by Joshua Waletzky Fox/Lorber color VHS [9/99] for $19.98 Fox/Lorber color DVD [10/99] for $22.48 credits from IMDb |
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"The American Roman Noir: Hammett, Cain, & Chandler" [1995] by William Marling Univ GA Press 8.6x5.6 pb [10/98] for $12.60 Univ GA Press hardcover [2/95] out of print/used |
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"The Critical Response To Dashiell Hammett" [1994] Edited by Christopher Metress Greenwood Publg 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/94] for $78.94 |
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"The Dashiell Hammett Tour" {of San Francisco} [1991] by Don Herron City Lights Books 8½x4½ pb [11/91] for $9.95 |
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"Dashiell Hammett: HBJ Album Biography" [1985] by Julian Symons Harcourt 9½x7½ pb [3/85] out of print/used |
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"Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett" [1981] by Richard Layman Manly, Inc. 8½x5½ pb [12/81] for $10.50 Harvest pb [3/84] out of print/used |
"Beams Falling: The Art of Dashiell Hammett" [1980]
by Peter Wolfe
Popular Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/80] out of print/used
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"Hammett" [1975 novel] by Joe Gores
Ballantine mass pb [9/76] out of print/used HarperCollins pb [9/82] out of print/used Putnam hardcover [7/75] out of print/used 1982 movie directed by Wim Wenders |
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"Dashiell Hammett: A Life At The Edge - A Casebook" [1969] by William F. Nolan McNally & Loftin hardcover [1/69] out of print/used |
Audio Books
Dashiell Hammett audio catalog at Amazon.com
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"The Dain Curse"
ABRIDGED [1/96] 7 tapes for $54.95 |
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"Red Harvest"
ABRIDGED [1/96] for $54.95 UNABR audio CD [12/2000] for $64.95 |
"The Maltese Falcon"
[1/96] for $54.95
Isis UNABR audio CD [11/99] for $71.95
OTHER AUDIO TAPES
"The Thin Man"
read by Lynne Lipton & Daniel J. Travanti
Caedmon [12/95] for $17.00
Videos & DVDs
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"Watch On The Rhine" [Warner Bros. Aug 1943]
A family flees to America from war-torn Europe; the German-born husband's involvment in the anti-Nazi underground is found out, and blackmail leads to murder. Directed by Herman Shumlin; script by Dashiell Hammett from the play by Lillian Hellman; starring Bette Davis & Paul Lukas; won Oscar for Best Actor, nominations for Best Picture, Best Script, Best Supporting Actress Warner Video b&w VHS [3/2000] for $14.95 full credits from IMDb |
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"City Streets" [1931] Directed by Rouben Mamoulian; original screen story by Dashiell Hammett, script by Oliver H.P. Garrett & Max Marcin; starring Gary Cooper & Sylvia Sydney video not available; credits from IMDb |
'The Thin Man' movie series
starring William Powell & Myrna Loy
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"The Complete Thin Man Collection" DVD boxed set Warner b&w DVD [8/2005] 7 disks for $44.99 includes all six 'Thin Man' feature films, plus radio show episode, tv series episode, cartoons & shorts (including Robert Benchley's "How To Be A Detective") and other extras |
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"The Thin Man Films: Murder Over Cocktails" [2008] by Charles Tranberg BearManor Media 8¾x6 pb [11/2008] for $22.45 |
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