Raymond Chandler

1888–1959 · American novelist and screenwriter

Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age 44, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published seven novels during his lifetime. All but Playback have been made into motion pictures, some more than once.

Raymond Chandler, in order

1. 1944 And Now Tomorrow: wrote · directed by Irving Pichel
2. 1944 Double Indemnity: wrote, acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 97%, audiences 95%
3. 1945 The Unseen: wrote · directed by Lewis Allen
4. 1946 Lady in the Lake: wrote · directed by Robert Montgomery
5. 1946 The Big Sleep: wrote · directed by Howard Hawks · critics 95%, audiences 91%
6. 1946 The Blue Dahlia: wrote · directed by George Marshall
7. 1951 Strangers on a Train: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 98%, audiences 92% · streaming on Kanopy, Plex, Tubi
8. 1959 Philip Marlowe (TV series): created
9. 1973 The Long Goodbye: wrote · directed by Robert Altman · critics 93%, audiences 86% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
10. 1975 Farewell, My Lovely: wrote · directed by Dick Richards · critics 73%, audiences 71% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel