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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter One: Shadowed (1941–1943)
1941
Citizen Kane
The Maltese Falcon
I Wake Up Screaming
The Shanghai Gesture
1942–1943
This Gun for Hire
The Glass Key
The Seventh Victim
Chapter Two: Cynical (1944–1945)
1944
Phantom Lady
Double Indemnity
Laura
To Have and Have Not
The Woman in the Window
Murder, My Sweet
1945
Mildred Pierce
Detour
The Lost Weekend
Fallen Angel
Leave Her to Heaven
Scarlet Street
Chapter Three: Alienated (1946–1947)
1946
The Spiral Staircase
Gilda
Deadline at Dawn
The Blue Dahlia
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Dark Corner
The Stranger
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Black Angel
The Big Sleep
The Killers
The Locket
Humoresque
1947
Dead Reckoning
Lady in the Lake
SMASH-Up—The Story of a Woman
Born to Kill
Desperate
The Brasher Doubloon
The Woman on the Beach
Brute Force
They Won’t Believe Me
Crossfire
Possessed
Desert Fury
Dark Passage
The Unsuspected
Ride the Pink Horse
Nightmare Alley
Out of the Past
Chapter Four: Obsessed (1948–1949)
1948
Secret Beyond the Door
I Walk Alone
The Big Clock
Raw Deal
The Lady from Shanghai
Key Largo
Pitfall
Sorry, Wrong Number
Moonrise
Force of Evil
1949
Criss Cross
Act of Violence
Caught
Impact
The Set-Up
Champion
Flamingo Road
The Window
White Heat
Thieves’ Highway
Beyond the Forest
Border Incident
They Live by Night
Whirlpool
The Reckless Moment
Chapter Five: Doomed (1950)
1950
Gun Crazy
The File on Thelma Jordon
D.O.A.
The Damned Don’t Cry
In a Lonely Place
The Asphalt Jungle
The Underworld Story
Sunset Boulevard
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
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