Also Credited As:
Raymond Thornton Chandler
Biography
Born in Chicago, Chandler was raised in England by relatives after he and his mother were abandoned by his alcoholic father. After returning to the U.S and seeing horrific action as a soldier in World War I, he became a high-paid oil executive and was later fired for drunkenness and erratic behavior, all before publishing his first short story in Black Mask magazine. At the age of 50, he wrote his first novel, The Big Sleep, which was followed …
LATEST CREDITS
Strangers On a Train | Screenplay |
The Blue Dahlia | Screenplay, From Story |
Trouble Is My Business | Source Material (from novella: "Trouble Is My Business" ) |
Farewell, My Lovely | Source Material (from novel) ("Farewell My Lovely" ) |
The Long Goodbye | Source Material (from novel) ("The Long Goodbye" ) |
Double Indemnity | Screenplay, from screenplay ("Double Identity" ) |
The Big Sleep | Source Material (from novel) ("The Big Sleep" ) |
Poodle Springs | Source Material (from novel) ("Poodle Springs" ) |
Once You Meet a Stranger | from original screenplay ("Strangers on a Train" ) |
The Man Who Envied Women | from writings, from comments |
Proini Peripolos | voice-over text |
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