Film Noir Classics is a series of books from Stark House that offers the original novels that were the basis for some of our favorite crime movies.



$14.95
  • Moonrise by Theodore Strauss
  • 979-8-88601-105-0
  • After Danny accidentally kills the town bully and hides the body, he is plagued with guilt not only for the killing but because he himself is the son of a murderer. Filmed in 1948 by Frank Borzage and starred Dane Clark and Gail Russell. Film Noir Classics #9.

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$15.95
  • Kiss the Blood Off My Hands by Gerald Butler
  • 979-8-88601-088-6
  • "It's easy to see this book as having a key role in the development of noir, leading on to the likes of Don Carpenter, Elmore Leonard and David Goodis."—Andy Weston. Introduction by Curtis Evans. Film Noir Classic #8

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$15.95
  • Deadlier Than the Male by James Gunn
  • 979-8-88601-082-4
  • "Deadlier Than the Male is truly one of the strangest of all American crime novels. In fact it's one of the strangest of all American novels…"—Vintage Pop Fictions. Filmed as Born to Kill in 1947 with Lawrence Tierney. Introduction by Curtis Evans. Film Noir Classic #7

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$15.95
  • The Dark Corner / Sleep, My Love by Leo Rosten writing as Leonard Q. Ross
  • 979-8-88601-072-5
  • Two short novels that were turned into classic film noirs. "A dark little gem, with enough twists and turns to keep things hopping."—The New Thrilling Detective Website. Introduction by Gregory Shepard. Film Noir Classics #6.

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$17.95
  • Hollow Triumph by Murray Forbes
  • 979-8-88601-049-7
  • "Forbes only novel is a fascinating pop‐study of a disturbed personality done in the noir tradition… An atmospheric and evocative yarn that spans the late 30s to through WWII."—Amazon reader. New introduction by Bill Kelly. Film Noir Classics #5.

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$15.95
  • Sudden Fear by Edna Sherry
  • 979-8-88601-035-0
  • "This is a thoroughly exciting read, with brilliant pacing, which makes you absolutely desperate to know how everything will pan out."—Kate Jackson, crossexaminingcrime.com. New introduction by Curtis Evans. August 2023. Film Noir Classics #4.

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$15.95
  • The Velvet Fleece by Eby and Fleming
  • 979-8-88601-031-2
  • "…pack[s] a punch inside its fleece‐lined velvet glove."—Curtis Evans from his introduction. Filmed as Larceny in 1948 starring John Payne, Joan Caulfield and Dan Duryea.Film Noir Classics #3.

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  • Fallen Angel by Marty Holland
  • 979-8-88601-019-0
  • "If you like movement, just watch Marty Holland step on the gas."—Liverpool Echo. Fallen Angel was filmed by Otto Preminger in 1945 with Dana Andrews, Alice Faye and Linda Darnell. New introduction by Curtis Evans.Film Noir Classic #2.

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14.95
  • The Pitfall by Jay Dratler
  • 979-8-88601-008-4
  • An adulterous liaison puts the life of family man in jeopardy. New introductions by Jay Dratler, Jr., and author Timothy J. Lockhart. Film Noir Classics #1.

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