About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1894-05-27
Place of birth:
Saint Mary's County, Maryland, USA
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Dashiell Hammett

Overview

Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.

Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time". In his obituary in The New York Times, he was described as "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction." Time included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. In 1990, the Crime Writers' Association picked three of his five novels for their list of The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time. Five years later, four out of five of his novels made The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time as selected by the Mystery Writers of America. His novels and stories also had a significant influence on films, including the genres of private eye/detective fiction, mystery thrillers, and film noir.

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Known for

Writing
2024 Monsieur Spade Writing Characters 67
Fair
2002 No Good Deed Writing Novel 57
Average
1985 The Gang Writing Novel 58
Average
1981 The Wizard of Malta Writing Novel N/A
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1978 The Crimson Night of the Hawk Writing Novel N/A
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1978 The Dain Curse Writing Novel 68
Fair
1975 The Black Bird Writing Characters 58
Average
1975 Nick and Nora Writing Characters N/A
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1947 Song of the Thin Man Writing Characters 60
Fair
1945 Secret Agent X-9 Writing Characters 59
Average
1944 The Thin Man Goes Home Writing Characters 60
Fair
1943 Watch on the Rhine Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1942 The Glass Key Writing Novel 60
Fair
1941 Shadow of the Thin Man Writing Characters 60
Fair
1941 The Maltese Falcon Writing Novel 72
Good
1939 Another Thin Man Writing Story 61
Fair
1938 Have You Got Any Castles? Writing Characters 59
Average
1937 Secret Agent X-9 Writing Characters 59
Average
1936 After the Thin Man Writing Story 62
Fair
1936 Satan Met a Lady Writing Novel 58
Average
1935 The Glass Key Writing Novel 59
Average
1935 Mister Dynamite Writing Story 59
Average
1934 Woman in the Dark Writing Short Story 59
Average
1934 The Thin Man Writing Novel 66
Fair
1931 The Maltese Falcon Writing Novel 59
Average
1931 City Streets Writing Story 59
Average
1930 Roadhouse Nights Writing Novel 59
Average

Crew
2005 Let Sleeping Guns Lie Crew Thanks N/A
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