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Comic Strips, Radio, Other Works
 | "Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960" [2001] Edited by Richard Leyman, Julie Rivett & Josephine Hammett Marshall Counterpoint 9x5¾ pb [6/2002] for $25.00 Counterpoint 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2001] for $40.00 |
 | "The Crime Wave: Collected Nonfiction by Dashiell Hammett" [publication unclear] Edited by Vince Emery said to contain all of Hammett's "The Crime Wave" 1930 newspaper column, plus additional essays, advertisements, rare photographs Vince Emery Publns hardcover [7/2011] unavailable per Amazon (2013) Vince Emery Publns hardcover [7/2011] unavailable per Amazon (2013) |
“Devil’s Playground” (unpublished screen treatment)
"Secret Agent X-9"
'Secret Agent X-9' entry at Wikipedia
 | "Secret Agent X-9" comic strip [1934+] written by Dashiell Hammett; illustrations by Alex Raymond Intl Polygonics 10½x6 pb [4/83] out of print/used |
 | "Secret Agent X-9" 12-episode serial [Universal April 1937] Secret Agent X-9 sets out to recover the Belgravia crown jewels from master thief Blackstone.Starring Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, David Oliver, Monte Blue, Henry Hunter, Lon Chaney Jr. & Henry Brandon V.C.I. b&w DVD [1/2003] for $26.99 1937 serial credits from IMDb |
 | "Secret Agent X-9" 13-episode serial [Universal July 1945] American, Australian & Chinese agents join forces against the Nazis & the Japanese over the formula for a synthetic jet fuel. Starring Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke, Jan Wiley, Victoria Horne, Samuel S. Hinds, Cy Kendall, Jack Overman, Benson Fong & Arno Frey V.C.I. b&w DVD [1/2003] 2 disks for $17.99 V.C.I. b&w VHS [2/2003] 2 tapes for $28.49 1945 serial credits from IMDb |
 | "X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan" comic strips [1967-80] by Al Williamson & Archie Goodwin Volume 1, 1967-69: I.D.W. Publng 10x11½ hardcover [9/2010] for $34.99 Volume 2, 1969-72: I.D.W. Publng 11½x10¼ hardcover [4/2011] for $31.49 Volume 3, 1972-74: I.D.W. Publng 11½x10¼ hardcover [12/2011] for $35.07 Volume 4, 1974-77: I.D.W. Publng 11x10¼ hardcover [7/2012] for $35.83 Volume 5, 1977-80: I.D.W. Publng 11½x10¼ hardcover [2/2013] for $34.10 |
"Sam Spade" radio program, 1946-51
'Sam Spade' entry at Wikipedia
'Sam Spade' page at Thrilling Detective includes listing of radio shows, 1946-51
 | "The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective" radio show
Radio Spirits UNABR audio CD [9/2004] 9 disks - out of prodn/used CD contains 16 episodes (1947-49) starring Howard Duff plus hour-long 1948 episode of "Suspense" |
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"Sam Spade: The Final Capers"
Radio Spirits UNABR audio CD [9/2010] for $24.28 CD contains 15 episodes (1950-51) starring Steven Dunne, plus program guide and 1951 episode of "The McCoy" starring Howard Duff |
 | "The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective" radio show
76 episodes on MP-3 audio CD from Old Time Radio |
 | "The Radio Adventures of Sam Spade" [2007] by Martin Grams, Jr. A very comprehensive history of the radio show across three networks and during the pressures of the Hollywood Blacklist on both Dashiell Hammett & Howard Duff O.T.R. Publng 8¼x5¾ pb [6/2007] for $29.95 |
 | "The 'Lost' Sam Spade Scripts" [2009] Edited by Martin Grams, Jr. Of the 245 half-hour episodes that were broadcast, barely a third survive. This book contains scripts of thirteen episodes (most do not exist as recordings), plus bios and Introduction by editor Gram BearManor Media pb [6/2009] for $21.95 |
Works About Dashiell Hammett
 | January Magazine asked a few dozen mystery authors & editors & scholars to contribute some words on Hammett and "The Maltese Falcon" for the book's 75th anniversary; they published 42 responses from: Ray Banks, Mark Billingham, James O. Born, Ken Bruen, Leonard Chang, Reed Farrel Coleman, Max Allan Collins, David Corbett, Bill Crider, Sean Doolittle, Loren D. Estleman, Robert Eversz, Robert Ferrigno, Jim Fusilli, Leonce Gaiter, Victor Gischler, Ed Gorman, Allan Guthrie, Denise Hamilton, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Simon Kernick, J.A. Konrath, Michael J. Koryta, Terrill Lee Lankford, Con Lehane, John Lutz, Michael McGarrity, Tom Nolan, George Pelecanos, Gary Phillips, Linda L. Richards, Peter Robinson, Arthur Rosenfeld, S.J. Rozan, Dylan Schaffer, Kerry J. Schooley, John Shannon, Duane Swierczynski, Kevin Wignall, John Morgan Wilson, James R. Winter, and Edward Wright
online text of the article in "January Magazine" (2005) |
 | "Hard-Boiled Masculinities" [2005] by Christopher Breu A scholarly examination of how and why hard-boiled masculinity emerged during the unsettled times after World War I, shifting from Victorian-influenced depictions of men in top hats & mustaches to the portrayal of much more overtly violent & muscular men, moving back and forth across the divide between high and low culture in American society. Author cites examples from the works of Ernest Hemingway, Dashiell Hammett, Chester Himes, and William Faulkner, as well as many lesser-known writers of the hypermasculine 'tough-guy' pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. Univ MN Press 9x6 pb [12/2005] for $22.50 Univ MN Press hardcover [12/2005] for $60.00 |
 | "Shamus In The Green Room" [2006] by Susan Kandel Professional researcher Cece Caruso's new biography about mystery author Dashiell Hammett is being made into a movie; when the male star's childhood sweetheart (and sister of his manager) is murdered, he asks Cece for help. Avon mass pb [5/2007] for $6.99 Wm. Morrow 8¼x5¾ hardcover [5/2006] out of print/many used |
 | "Hammett's Moral Vision: The Most Influential In-Depth Analysis of Dashiell Hammett's Novels" [2006] by George J. 'Rhino' Thompson, Introduction by William F. Nolan Serialized over seven issues of The Armchair Detective Magazine; includes a new chapter in which the author discusses the impact Hammett has had on his own life Kindle Edition from Vince Emery Prodns [2006 edition] for $9.99 Vince Emery Prodns 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/2006] for $18.96 interview with author Thompson about this book |
 | "The Dashiell Hammett Tour {of San Francisco}" [orig 1979, rev 2009] by Don Herron the 30th Anniversary Edition includes a Preface by daughter Jo Hammett and an Introduction by Charles Willeford Kindle Edition from Vince Emery Publns [3/2009] for $10.09 Vince Emery Publns 8¼x4½ pb [12/2010] for 11.62 City Lights Books 8½x4½ pb [11/91] out of print/used Vince Emery Publns 8½x4¾ hardcover [3/2009] for $17.96 |
 | "Devil's Garden" [2009 novel] by Ace Atkins Pinkerton agent (and future noir master) Dashiell Hammett was indeed hired by the defense team in the notorious San Francisco manslaughter trials of silent screen star Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. From this seed of fact, Atkins weaves together the lives of Hollywood luminaries such as Arbuckle, his estranged wife Minta Durfee, newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, and Hearst's very public mistress Marion Davies. Berkley Trade 8¼x5½ pb [3/2010] for $11.70 Putnam 9x6 hardcover [4/2009] out of print/used |
 | "Making The Detective Story American: Biggers, Van Dine, and Hammett and The Turning Point of The Genre, 1925-1930" [2010] by J.K. Van Dover
Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [4/2010] for $14.74 McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [4/2010] for $35.00 see also our pages about
Earl Derr Biggers [1884-1933] |
 | "Hammett Unwritten: A Novel" [2013] by Owen Fitzstephen, Notes & Afterword by Gordon McAlpine The story of the Maltese Falcon began as a real-life case for 1920s Pinkerton detective Dashiell Hammett; the conceit here is that Hammett bought the obsidian statue at a police auction, then gave it away when he became successful, after which his writing career went downhill; Hammett tries to recover the object and becomes tangled with the crooks from the old case . . . Kindle Edition from Seventh Street Books [2/2013] for $7.69 Seventh Street Books 8x5½ pb [2/2013] for $10.45 |
 | "The Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett" [2015] by Nathan Ward Kindle Edition from Bloomsbury USA [9/2015] for $9.99 Bloomsbury USA 8½x6 hardcover [9/2015] for $15.61 |
Audio Books
Dashiell Hammett audio catalog at Amazon
Videos & DVDs
Dashiell Hammett credits [1930-2002] at Internet Movie Database
"City Streets" [Paramount Pictures April 1931]
  | Directed by Rouben Mamoulian; script by Oliver H.P. Garrett & Max Marcin, based on original screen story "The Kiss-Off" by Dashiell Hammett; starring Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sydney, Paul Lukas, Wynne Gibson, William 'Stage' Boyd, Guy Kibbee
video/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits from IMDb |
"Mister Dynamite" [Universal April 1935]
Directed by Alan Crosland; script by Harry Clark & Doris Malloy from the Dashiell Hammett story "On The Make"
video/DVD not available • credits from IMDb
"Watch On The Rhine" [Warner Bros. Aug 1943]
  | A family flees to America from war-torn Europe; the German-born husband's involvment in the anti-Nazi underground is found out, and blackmail leads to murder. • Directed by Herman Shumlin; script by Dashiell Hammett from the Broadway stageplay by Lillian Hellman; starring Bette Davis & Paul Lukas; won Oscar for Best Actor, nominations for Best Picture, Best Script, Best Supporting Actress
Warner Video b&w VHS [3/2000] for $22.99 Region 1 DVD available only on the "Betty Davis Collection, Volume 3" 6-disk set [2012] Warner Home Video b&w/color DVD [11/2012] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
'The Thin Man' movie series
starring William Powell & Myrna Loy
 | "The Complete Thin Man Collection" DVD boxed set [2005] Warner b&w DVD [8/2005] 7 disks for $39.99 includes all six 'Thin Man' feature films, plus radio show episode, tv series episode, cartoons & shorts (including Robert Benchley's "How To Be A Detective") and other extras |
 | "The Thin Man Films: Murder Over Cocktails" [2008] by Charles Tranberg BearManor Media 8¾x6 pb [11/2008] for $22.45 |
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