... values, even if he is faced by corruption on all sides. (Telotte 1989) Bogarts character is used in an almost identical way in the Raymond Chandler adaptation The Big Sleep' due to Chandlers first person narrative that the film sticks to, he is in every scene, all we see is ... They were also (maybe most importantly) inspired by the dark literature of the thirties and early forties, by writers such as James Cain and Raymond Chandler who both wrote/or their stories were adapted to form some of the films I have chosen to pay particular attention to, such as The ... Big Sleep' and The Malt...

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