One of the finest author of his genre the book is the first in series of the his fictional character Nick Charles and Nora. Hammett never wrote a sequel but the book became the basis for a successful six-part film series
Frederick C. Davis, Brian Townsley, Jane Jakeman, Brian Stanley, Hannah Honeybun, Katrina Younes, William Burton McCormick, Frank Megna, Michael Bracken, Jonathan Sheppard, Jim Doherty, Isaac Babel, Boris Dralyuk, D.L. Champion, Dashiell Hammett, Carroll John Daly, Frederick Nebel, T.T., Flynn, Arthur Rodman Bowker & Norman Saunders