Creatures of Darkness: Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir

In this book, Gene Phillips explores the intersection of Chandler’s fiction and film, from his novels and short stories to his Hollywood screenplays. Through interviews with Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks and Edward Dmytryk, Phillips probes Chandler’s notoriously difficult personality and demonstrates the debt that both detective fiction and today’s neo-noir films owe to Chandler’s stark vision.