TY  - BOOK
AU  - Irwin,John T.
TI  - Unless the threat of death is behind them: hard-boiled fiction and film noir 
SN  - 9780801884351 (hbk.)
AV  - PS374.D4 I78 2006
U1  - 813/.087209 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Detective and mystery stories, American
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Noir fiction, American
KW  - Detective and mystery films
KW  - United States
KW  - Film noir
KW  - Private investigators in literature
KW  - Detectives in literature
KW  - Masculinity in literature
KW  - Masculinity in motion pictures
KW  - Men in literature
KW  - Men in motion pictures
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0610/2006008094.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0668/2006008094-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0668/2006008094-d.html
ER  -