Raymond Chandler

Known for

Writing

Born

Jul 23, 1888

Died

Mar 26, 1959

From

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature. He is a founder of the hardboiled school of detective fiction, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and other Black Mask writers. The protagonist of his novels, Philip Marlowe, like Hammett's Sam Spade, is considered by some to be synonymous with "private detective".

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Double Indemnity

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The South Bank Show

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Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler

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Farewell, My Lovely

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The Big Sleep

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Murder, My Sweet

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The Long Goodbye

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Lady in the Lake

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Marlowe

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Poodle Springs

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The Brasher Doubloon

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Strangers on a Train

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The Big Sleep

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The Falcon Takes Over

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Time to Kill

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Double Indemnity

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And Now Tomorrow

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The Unseen

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