Opinion on “The Gatewood Caper” (1923) and related work
- Spin-off: “Corkscrew” (1925)
- Spin-off: “Dead Yellow Women” (1925)
- Spin-off: “The Gutting of Couffignal” (1925)
- Spin-off: “The Scorced Face” (1925)
- Spin-off: “The Big Knockover” (1927)
- Sequel: “$106,000 Blood Money” (1927)
- Spin-off: “This King Business” (1928)
- Spin-off: “Fly Paper” (1929)
Dashiell Hammett (writer).
‣ “Corkscrew” (1925
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Dashiell Hammett (writer).
High concept: The Continental Op mixed up with cowboys.
‣ “Dead Yellow Women” (1925)
Dashiell Hammett (writer).
‣ “The Gutting of Couffignal” (1925)
Dashiell Hammett (writer).
Well executed but too high-concept.
‣ “The Scorced Face” (1925)
Dashiell Hammett (writer).
Beautifully compatible with contemporary H. P. Lovecraft, albeit mundane.
‣ “The Big Knockover” (1927)
Dashiell Hammett (writer).
‣‣ “$106,000 Blood Money” (1927)
Dashiell Hammett (writer).
‣ “This King Business” (1928)
Dashiell Hammett (writer).
Balkan blue-blood romanticism is a poor fit with the tone and setting of Hammett’s more celebrated and influential work, but it’s fascinating how much of this high-concept stuff he actually wrote.
‣ “Fly Paper” (1929)
Dashiell Hammett (writer).
A good fast-moving yarn of downward mobility, deconstructing the already-old arsenic tolerance trope.