The play opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City on June 27, 1944. It was directed by Albert deCourville. Ten guilty strangers are trapped on an island. One by one they are accused of murder; one by one they start to die.

    The couple are on their honeymoon and are at present on a paddle steamer on the Nile. With them is Canon Pennefather, Kay's guardian, and Jacqueline, who has been dogging their footsteps all through the honeymoon. Also on the boat are a rich, ill tempered old woman with her niece and companion, a rather direct young man, a German who nurses a grudge against Kay's father and Kay's maid. During the voyage Jacqueline works herself into a state of hysteria and shoots at Simon, wounding him in the knee. A few moments later Kay is found shot in her bunk. By the time the boat reaches its destination, Canon Pennefather has laid bare an audacious conspiracy and has made sure the criminals shall not go free.

    Contains Chandler's essay on the art of detective stories and a collection of 8 classic Chandler mysteries.

    Adapted from the James M. Cain novel by director Wilder and novelist Raymond Chandler, it tells the story of an insurance salesman, played by Fred MacMurray, who is lured into a murder-for-insurance plot by Barbara Stanwyck, in an archetypal femme fatale role. From its grim story to its dark, atmospheric lighting, Double Indemnity is a definitive example of World War II-era film noir. Wilder's approach is everywhere evident: in the brutal cynicism the film displays, the moral complexity, and in the empathy we feel for the killers. The film received almost unanimous critical success, garnering seven Academy Award nominations. More than fifty years later, most critics agree that this classic is one of the best films of all time. The collaboration between Wilder and Raymond Chandler produced a masterful script and some of the most memorable dialogue ever spoken in a movie. This facsimile edition of Double Indemnity contains Wilder and Chandler's original -- and quite different -- ending, published here for the first time. Jeffrey Meyers's introduction contextualizes the screenplay, providing hilarious anecdotes about the turbulent collaboration, as well as background information about Wilder and the film's casting and production.

    Includes the novels "The League of Frightened Men", "And Be a Villain", and "Curtains for Three" (short story collection: "Gun with Wings", "Bullet for One", "Disguise for Murder").

    

    Their assignments have been known to take them all over the country and even to foreign lands.Featured in this volume are twelve of their finest adventures from the 1920s and 30s, including "The Lisping Man," "Recipe for Murder," "The Man Who Couldn't Fly," "The Sealed Room," "The Raven's Claw," and "The Woman in Black." Prepare for all the fun and action as Jimmy and Gilly bring criminals to justice.

    . . a terrified plea for help in the New York night . . . these were all Larry had to go on in this blood-chilling chase after a vanished sweetheart! Why had a sound-truck kept her date with him on Times Square? Why did the private eye from whom Larry sought help shun him as if he were a leper? How come Lois’ room—and his own—had disappeared into thin air? Who were the flat-nosed men with the stub-nosed guns? And the madman on the drum? For twenty-four frantic hours, Larry chased the answers. Under the Elevated, through the dark miles of subway tunnel, along streets uptown and downtown and across town, he feverishly hunted—and himself was hunted—in one of the most exciting, puzzling episodes in all of crime fiction . . . strange pursuit!