Woolrich, Cornell
Street Of Chance 1942
Phantom Lady (as William Irish) 1944
Black Angel 1946
Chase, The 1946
Deadline At Dawn 1946
Fear In The Night 1947
Guilty, The 1947
I Wouldn’t Be In Your Shoes 1948
Night Has A Thousand Eyes 1948
Window, The 1949
Nightmare 1956
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Martin, Don
Pretender, The 1947
Shed No Tears 1948
Shakedown 1950
Destination Murder 1950
Confession 1955
Double Jeopardy 1955
No Man’s Woman 1955
Man Is Armed, The 1956
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Stone, Andrew L.
Highway 301 1950
Steel Trap, The 1952
Blueprint For Murder 1953
Night Holds Terror, The 1955
Julie 1956
Cry Terror 1958
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Fisher, Steve
I Wake Up Screaming 1941
Hunted, The 1948
City That Never Sleeps 1953
Terror Street¹ 1953
Hell’s Half Acre 1954
Zuckerman, George
Whispering City¹ 1947
Border Incident 1949
Trapped¹ 1949
Tattered Dress, The 1950
99 River Street 1953
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Chandler, Raymond
Murder My Sweet 1944
Blue Dahlia, The 1946
Big Sleep, The 1947
Lady In The Lake 1947
Goodis, David,
Unfaithful, The¹ 1947
Dark Passage 1947
Burglar, The 1957
Nightfall 1957
McGivern, William P.
Big Heat, The 1953
Rogue Cop 1954
Shield For Murder 1954
Odds Against Tomorrow 1959
Sackheim, William
Smart Girls Don’t Talk 1948
Homicide 1949
Forbidden 1953
Chicago Syndicate 1955
Spillane, Mickey
Kiss Me Deadly 1950
I, The Jury 1953
Long Wait, The 1954
My Gun Is Quick 1957
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Adams, Gerald D.
Dead Reckoning¹ 1947
Between Midnight And Dawn¹ 1950
His Kind Of Woman 1951
Brooks, Richard
Crossfire 1947
Storm Warning¹ 1951
Deadline U.S.A. 1952
Cain, James M.
Double Indemnity 1944
Mildred Pierce 1945
Postman Always Rings Twice, The 1946
Dratler, Jay
Pitfall 1948
Impact 1949
Las Vegas Story 1951
Erskine, Chester
Angel Face 1953
Split Second¹ 1953
Witness To Murder 1954
Hughes, Dorothy B.
Fallen Sparrow, The 1943
Ride The Pink Horse 1947
In A Lonely Place 1951
Mainwaring, Daniel
Out Of The Past 1947
Roadblock¹ 1951
Phenix City Story, The¹ 1955
Marcus, Larry
Backfire 1950
Dark City 1950
Cause For Alarm 1951
Rackin, Martin
Riffraff 1947
Enforcer, The 1951
Loan Shark 1952
Rosten, Leo
Dark Corner, 1946
Sleep My Love 1948
Where Danger Lives 1950
Sale, Richard
This Side Of The Law 1950
Suddenly 1954
Over-
Walker, Gertude
Silent Partner 1944
Railroaded 1947
Damned Don’t Cry, The 1950
White, Lionel
Killing, The 1956
Big Caper, The 1957
Money Trap, The 1966
Wilbur, Crane
Amazing Mr. X, The 1948
He Walked By Night 1948
Phenix City Story, The¹ 1955
Young, Collier
Act Of Violence 1948
Hitch-
Private Hell 36¹ 1954
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Anderson, Maxwell
Key Largo 1948
Wrong Man, The 1956
Angus, Robert
Armored Car Robbery¹ 1950
Time Table 1956
Boehm, Sydney
Side Street 1950
Black Tuesday 1954
Booth, Charles G.
Johnny Angel 1945
Behind Green Lights¹ 1946
Bricker, George
Mexican Manhunt 1953
Loophole¹ 1954
Brown, Rowland
Nocturne¹ 1946
Kansas City Confidential¹ 1952
Burnett, W.R.
High Sierra 1941
Asphalt Jungle, The 1950
Caspary, Vera
Laura 1944
Blue Gardenia, The 1953
Chambers, Whitman
Blond Ice 1948
Come On, The 1956
Duff, Warren
Dangerous Profession, A¹ 1949
Appointment With Danger¹ 1951
Eisinger, Jo
Sleeping City, The 1950
Crime Of Passion 1957
Endore, Guy
Whirlpool 1949
Tomorrow Is Another Day 1951
George, George W.
Bodyguard¹ 1949
Woman On Pier 13, The¹ 1951
Gielgud, Irwin
Abandoned 1949
I Was A Shoplifter 1950
Giler, Berne
No Questions Asked 1951
Affair In Trinidad 1952
Goldsmith, Martin
Detour 1945
Narrow Margin, The¹ 1951
Greene, Clarence
D.O.A.¹ 1953
Wicked Woman¹ 1953
Greene, Graham
This Gun For Hire 1942
Ministry Of Fear 1944
Grant, James E.
Johnny Eager 1942
Johnny Allegro 1949
Gunn, James
Born To Kill 1947
Unfaithful, The¹ 1947
Hawkins, John
Crime Wave¹ 1954
Killer Is Loose, The¹ 1956
Hemingway, Ernest
Killers, The 1946
Breaking Point, The 1950
(Based on To Have and Have Not)
Huggins, Roy
I Love Trouble 1948
Too Late For Tears 1949
Elman, Irving
Backlash 1947
Crimson Key, The 1947
Finney, Jack
New York Confidential¹ 1955
Chicago Confidential¹ 1957
Fuchs, Daniel
Gangster, The 1947
Storm Warning¹ 1951
Fuller, Samuel
Scandal Sheet 1952
Shockproof 1949
Hammett, Dashiell
Maltese Falcon, The 1941
Glass Key, The 1942
Hampton, Orville
New Orleans Uncensored 1955
Cage Of Evil¹ 1960
Helseth, Henry E.
Cry Of The City 1949
Outside The Wall 1950
Holland, Marty
Fallen Angel, The 1945
File On Thelma Jordan, The 1950
Katcher, Leo
Between Midnight And Dawn¹ 1950
Naked Street, The 1955
Kellogg, Virginia
T-
White Heat 1949
Kent, Robert E.
Assigned To Danger 1948
Houston Story, The 1956
King, Hugh
Threat, The 1949
Dial 1119¹ 1950
Lait, Jack
New York Confidential¹ 1955
Chicago Confidential¹ 1957
Leonard, Jack
Cry Of The Hunted¹ 1953
Secret Fury, The¹ 1950
McCoy, Horace
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 1950
Turning Point, The 1952
McDonell, Gordon
Shadow Of A Doubt 1943
They Won’t Believe Me 1947
McGuire, Don
Dial 1119¹ 1950
Double Deal 1950
Mann, Anthony
Follow Me Quietly¹ 1949
Desperate¹ 1947
Masterson, Whit
Cry In The Night 1956
Touch Of Evil 1958
Mortimer, Lee¹
New York Confidential 1955
Chicago Confidential 1957
Nablo, James
Drive A Crooked Road 1954
Bullet For Joey, A 1955
Odlum, James
Cover Up¹ 1949
Never Trust A Gambler 1951
Patrick, John
Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, The 1946
Framed 1947
Pagano, Jo
Sound Of Fury, The 1950
Murder Without Tears 1953
Rivkin, Allen
Strip, The 1951
Girls On The Loose¹ 1958
Rosenwald, Francis
Follow Me Quietly¹ 1949
Undercover Girl¹ 1950
Rouse, Russell
D.O.A.¹ 1950
Wicked Woman¹ 1953
Trumbo, Dalton
Jealousy 1945
Gun Crazy¹ 1950
Ullman, Daniel B.
Under The Gun 1951
Sudden Danger 1955
Wald, Malvin
Behind Locked Doors 1948
Naked City, The 1948
Wallis, J.H.
Woman In The Window 1944
Strange Bargain 1949
Walsh, Thomas
Union Station 1951
Pushover¹ 1954
Wilhelm, Hans
Once A Thief¹ 1950
Prowler, The¹ 1951
Wisberg, Aubrey
Treasure Of Monte Cristo¹ 1949
Murder Is My Beat¹ 1955
Yordan, Philip
Suspense 1946
Big Combo, The 1954
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Abel, Robert
Breakdown 1952
Abrams, Leon
Missing Juror, The¹ 1944
Altimus, Henry
Man In The Dark¹ 1953
Altman, Robert
Bodyguard¹ 1949
Ambler, Eric
Mask Of Dimitrios, The 1944
Anderson, Edward
They Live By Night 1949
Anderson, U.S.
Highway Dragnet¹ 1954
Andrews, Robert H.
Undercover Girl¹ 1950
Anhalt, Edna
Sniper, The¹ 1952
Anhalt, Edward
Sniper, The 1952
Anthelme, Paul
I Confess 1951
Armstrong, Arnold B.
Raw Deal¹ 1948
Armstrong, Charlotte
Unsuspected, The 1947
Ashley, Audrey
Raw Deal¹ 1948
Atlas, Dorothy¹
Desperate 1947
Atwater, Gladys
Naked Alibi, The¹ 1955
Babcock, Dwight
Loophole¹ 1954
Bachmann, Lawrence
Shadow On The Wall 1950
Baerwitz, Sam
I Cheated the Law 1949
Ballinger, Bill S.
Pushover¹ 1954
Baron, Allen
Blast Of Silence 1961
Barry, Don
Red Light 1949
Baum, Vicki
Woman’s Secret, A 1949
Bengal, Ben
Illegal Entry¹ 1949
Bennett, Charles
No Escape 1953
Bentley, Micolas
Deadly Game 1954
Bezzerides, A.I.
Thieve’s Highway 1949
Biddell, Sidney
Dead Reckoning¹ 1947
Blum, Edwin
Midnight Story, The¹ 1957
Bodeen, DeWitt
7th Victim, The¹ 1943
Borowsky, Marvin
Somewhere In The Night 1946
Brady, Frederick
Hollywood Story¹ 1951
Brady, Leo
Edge Of Doom 1950
Breen, Richard
Appointment With Danger¹ 1951
Bren, J. Robertt
Naked Alibi, The¹ 1955
Brestow, Lou
Crooked Web, The 1955
Bricekr, George
Cry Vengeance 1954
Brown, Bert C.
Southside 1-
Brown, Frederic
Crack Up 1946
Buffum, Ray
Playgirl 1954
Burr, Jane
Arnelo Affair, The 1947
Burt, Frank
Chinatown At Midnight¹ 1949
Butler, Gerald
On Dangerous Ground 1952
Butler, John K.
Terror At Midnight¹ 1956
Cady, Jerome
Cry Danger 1951
Canfield, Alyce
Models Inc. 1952
Cacaulay, Richard
Good Die Young, The 1954
Chamberlain, George A.
Red House, The 1947
Chantler, David T.
Please Murder Me¹ 1956
Charney, Jack
Plunder Road¹ 1957
Charteris, Leslie
Lady On A Train 1945
Chase, Borden
Great Jewel Robber 1950
Chester, Hal E.
Crashout¹ 1955
Clark, Alan R.
High Wall, ¹ 1947
Cole, Roal K.
Parole Inc.¹ 1948
Collins, Frank J.
Illegal 1955
Considine, Robert
Hoodlum Empire 1952
Cormack, Bartlett
Racket, The 1951
Corman, Roger
Highway Dragnet¹ 1954
Dallinger, Nat
Shakedown¹ 1950
Daplyn, James
Fake, The 1953
Darling, Scott
Behind Green Lights¹ 1946
Davis, Maurice
Race Street 1948
DeMond, Albert
Shock 1946
Deutsch, Helen
Shockproof¹ 1949
Doniger, Walter
Steel Jungle 1956
Douglas, Warren
Cry Vengeance¹ 1954
Dunning, Decla
Crime Against Joe 1956
Dupont, Ewald A.
Please Murder Me¹ 1956
DuSoe, Robert C.
Devil Thumbs A Ride, The 1947
Eby, Lois
Larceny¹ 1948
Echard, Margaret
Lightning Strikes Twice 1951
Ehrlich, Max
Glass Web, The 1953
Einstein, Charles
While The City Sleeps 1956
Ellington, E. A.
Gilda 1947
English, Richard
711 Ocean Drive¹ 1950
Eon, Andre Mouezy
Scarlet Street¹ 1945
Erikson, Paul
Killer Her Gently 1957
Fearing, Kenneth
Big Clock, The 1948
Felton, Earl
Trapped¹ 1949
Fenton, Frank
Nocturne¹ 1946
Field, Gustave
Flight To Hong Kong 1956
Field, Martin
Murder Is My Beat¹ 1955
Findley, Ferguson
Mob, The 1951
Fleming, John
Larceny¹ 1948
Fletcher, Lucille
Sorry, Wrong Number 1948
Foote, Bradbury
High Wall, ¹ 1947
Forbes, Murray
Scar, The 1948
Foreman, Carl
Clay Pigeon 1949
Foster, Lewis R.
Crashout¹ 1955
Francis, Owen
They Made Me A Killer 1946
Frank, Paul
Invisible Wall ¹
Franklyn, Irwin
Lady Confesses, The 1945
Freeman, Devery
Borderline 1950
Friedman, Alan
Girls On The Loose¹ 1958
Froeschel, George
Unknown Man, The¹ 1951
Gallico, Paul
Big Operator, The 1959
Gelsey, Erwin
Gambling House 1950
Gibney, Sheridan
Locket, The 1946
Girard, Bernard
Waterfront At Midnight 1948
Goldsmith, Isadore
Scarf, The¹ 1951
Goldsmith, L.S.
Manhandled 1949
Gordon, Gordon
Down Three Dark Streets¹ 1954
Gordon, Mildred
Down Three Dark Streets¹ 1954
Grafton, Edith
System, The¹ 1953
Grafton, Samuel
System, The¹ 1953
Graham, Winston
She Played With Fire 1957
Grant, James Edward
Two Of A Kind 1951
Green, Clearence
D.O.A.¹ 1950
Greene, Harold
Kansas City Confidential¹ 1952
Green, Harold J.
Invisible Wall, The ¹
Grubb, Davis
Night Of The Hunter 1955
Gruber, Frank
Man In The Vault 1956
Hawkins, Ward
Killer Is Loose, The¹ 1956
Crime Wave¹ 1954
Hayes, Joseph
Desperate Hours, The 1955
Herman, Lewis¹
Strange Impersonation 1946
Hicks, Edwin P.
Hot Summer Night 1957
Higgins, John C.
Border Incident 1949
Highsmith, Patricia
Strangers On A Train 1951
Hill, Robert
Female On The Beach 1955
Hoag, Doane R.
Count The Hours 1953
Holding, Elisabeth S.
Reckless Moment, The 1949
Holmes, Milton
Johnny O’Clock 1947
Hormon, Arthur T.
Undertow 1949
Hughes, Ken
Heat Wave* 1953
Hughes, Rupert
F.B.I Girl 1951
Hyland. Dick I.
Price Of Fear, The 1956
Johnston, Alva
End Of The Road 1944
Jordan, Henry
Johnny Stool Pigeon 1949
Joseph, Robert L.
Hitch-
Josephy, Alvin M.
Captive City, The¹ 1952
Kaiser, Burt
Female Jungle 1955
Kamb, Karl
Captive City, The¹ 1952
Kane, Frank
Key Witness 1960
Kantor, Leonard
Tight Spot 1955
Kantor, MacKinlay
Gun Crazy¹ 1950
Kersh, Gerald
Night And The City 1950
Kesler, Henry S.
5 Steps To Danger 1957
Kimble, Lawrence
One Way Street 1950
King, Sherwood
Lady From Shanghai, The 1947
Kingsley, Sidney
Detective Story 1951
Kleiner, Harry
Street With No Name 1948
Kline, Herbert
Illegal Entry¹ 1949
Klorer, John D.
Tension 1949
Krohner, Frederick
Hollywood Story¹ 1951
Kubrick, Stanley
Killer’s Kiss 1955
Kurnitz, Harry
Web, The 1947
La Fouchariere, G. de La
Scarlet Street¹ 1945
Landau, Richard
Roadblock¹ 1951
Lang, David
Flaxy Martin 1949
Lardner, John
Finger Man¹ 1955
Lantz, Louis
Violence¹ 1947
Leeds, Robert
Armored Car Robbery¹ 1950
Lees, Hannah
Shadow On The Wall ¹ 1950
Lennox, Michael
Whispering City¹ 1947
Leonard, Jack
Narrow Margin, The 1951
Lewis, Harry
Incident 1948
Libott, Robert
Chinatown At Midnight¹ 1949
Lipsius, Morris
Finger Man¹ 1955
Lipsky, Eleazar
Kiss Of Death 1947
Littleton, Scott
Night Editor 1946
Loos, Mary
Over-
Lord, Mindret
Big Bluff,The 1955
Lowe, Sherman L.
Parole Inc.¹ 1948
Lupino, Ida
Private Hell 36¹ 1954
MacDonald, John D.
Cape Fear 1962
Mackie, Philip
Whole Truth, The 1958
March, Joseph M.
Set-
Margaret, Gruen
Road House 1948
Martin, Al
Money Madness 1948
Miller, H. William
Guilty Bystander¹ 1950
Martin, John Bartlow
Scene Of The Crime 1949
Maugham, W. Somerset
Letter, The 1940
McCune, Hank
Life At Stake, A 1954
McPartland, John
Johnny Cool 1963
Michaels, Pat
True Story Of Lynn Stuart, The 1958
Millar, Ronald
Unknown Man, The¹ 1951
Miller, David
Twist Of Fate¹ 1954
Miller, Seton I.
Man Who Cheated Himself, 1950
Millhauser, Berrtam
Walk A Crooked Mile 1948
Moll, Elick
Night Without Sleep¹ 1953
Monroe, Robert
Crooked Way, The 1949
Moore, Dan T.
Illegal Entry¹ 1949
Morrow, Douglas
Beyond Reasonable Doubt 1956
Morse, Carlton E.
I Love A Mystery 1945
Moscov, George
When Strangers Marry 1944
Murray, Bert
Port Of New York¹ 1949
Myton, Fred
Apology For Murder 1945
Nebel, Frederic
Bribe, The 1949
Neuman, Sam
Hoodlum,The¹ 1951
Neumann, Alfred
Conflict¹ 1945
Nielsen, Helen
Blackout* 1954
Nystrom, Carl
Twist Of Fate¹ 1954
O’Hanlon, James
Secret Fury, The 1950
O’Keefe, Dennis
Cover Up¹ 1949
O’Neal, Charles
7th Victim, The¹ 1943
Orloff, Arthur
Hell Bound 1957
Oursler, Fulton
Boomerang 1947
Partos, Frank
Stranger On The Third Floor 1940
Patterson, Robert
Brute Force 1947
Paxton, John
Pickup Alley 1957
Phillips, Herbert O.
Hit and Run 1957
Phillips, Judson
Appointment With A Shadow 1957
Pollexfen, Jack
Treasure Of Monte Cristo¹ 1949
Polimer, Richard K.
Behind The High Wall¹ 1956
Pozner, Vladimir
Dark Mirror, The 1946
Presnell Sr., Robert
For You I Die 1947
Rackin, Martin
Dangerous Profession, A¹ 1949
Raison, Dorothy
Girls On The Loose¹ 1958
Raison, Milton
Southside 1-
Rapf, Mathew
Sellout, The 1952
Raynor, Bill
Without Warning 1952
Reeves, Theodore
I Walk Alone 1948
Reid, Ed¹
Case Against Brooklyn, The 1958
Reisman Jr., Phil
Tattooed Stranger, The 1950
Rice, Craig
Underworld Story 1950
Richards, Robert L.
Last Crooked Mile, The 1946
Richards, Alexander
Cage Of Evil¹ 1960
Ritch, Steven
Plunder Road¹ 1957
Robinson, John
Midnight Story, The¹ 1957
Rolfe, E.A.
Scarf, The¹ 1951
Romano, Dean
Angel’s Flight 1965
Ross, Arthure
Port Of New York¹ 1949
Ross, Sam
He Ran All The Way 1951
Rubin, Stanley
Violence 1947¹
Sarafian, Richard C.
Man Who Died Twice, The 1958
Saul, Oscar¹
Road House 1948
Scott, DeVallon
Hunt The Man Down 1950
Seeley, Clinton
Storm Fear 1955
Seff, Manuel
Unmasked¹ 1950
Shannon, Robert T.
Flame, The 1947
Sherry, Edna
Sudden Fear 1952
Shiffrin, A.B.
Cry Murder 1950
Shulman, Irving
Terror At Midnight¹ 1956
Silliphant, Stirling
Lineup, The 1958
Simcoe, Ben
Murder By Contract 1958
Simenon, Georges
Brothers Rico, The 1957
Siodmak, Robert
Conflict¹ 1945
Slavin, George F.
Woman On Pier 13, The¹ 1951
Smith, Robert
Quicksand 1950
Sobell, Jack
Nora Prentiss¹ 1947
Spigelgass, Leonard
Mystery Street 1950
Strauss, Theodore
Moonrise 1948
Stuart, William L.
Where The Sidewalk Ends 1950
Sullivan, Wallace
Behind The High Wall¹ 1956
Swann, Francis
711 Ocean Drive¹ 1950
Tanchuck, Nat
Hoodlum, The¹ 1951
Tate, Sylvia
Woman On The Run 1950
Taylor, Dwight
Pickup On South Street 1953
Taylor, Lawrence
Lady Without Passport 1950
Thayer, Tiffany
Chicago Deadline 1949
Thoeren, Robert
Prowler, The¹ 1951
Tors, Ivan
Below The Deadline 1946
Tracy, Don
Criss Cross 1949
Trivas, Victor
Stranger, The 1946
Truesdell, June
Accused, The 1949
Van Dycke, Tom
Man In The Dark¹ 1953
Van Upp, Virginia
Affair In Trinidad¹
Verney, Anthony
Limping Man, The* 1953
von Harbou, Thea
M 1951
Wade, Robert A.
Guilty Bystander¹ 1950
Wallace, Irving
Split Second¹ 1953
Warwick, James
Dark Past, The 1948
Webb, James
Woman In Hiding 1950
Webster, Paul
Nora Prentiss¹ 1947
Weiman, Rita
Possessed 1947
Westrate, Edwin V.
Shoot To Kill 1947
Wexley, John
Cornered 1945
White, Leslie T.
Vice Squad 1953
Whitfield, Raoul
High Tide 1947
Wigton, Anne
Strange Impersonation¹ 1946
Wilkinson, Richard H.
Missing Juror, The¹ 1944
Williams, Charles
3rd Voice, The 1960
Williams, Robert C.
Macao 1952
Wilson, Frank J.
Undercover Man, The 1949
Wolfe, Marion
Cry Of The Hunted¹ 1953
Wolfert, Ira
Force Of Evil 1948
Yawitz, Paul
Unmasked¹ 1950
Zekial, Marko
Once A Thief 1965
Zimm, Maurice
Jeopardy 1953
Zola, Emile
Human Desire 1954
Whether they wrote novels, pulp fiction or original screenplays, these were the stories that were fundamental for film noir. ¹ Indicates co-