During the Great Depression, pulp fiction writers created a new, distinctly American detective story, one that stressed the development of fascinating, often bizarre characters rather than the twists and turns of clever plots. This new crime fiction adapted brilliantly to the screen, birthing a cinematic genre that French cinema intellectuals following World War II christened "film noir." Set on dark streets late at night, in cheap hotels and bars, and populated by the dangerous people who frequented these locales, these films introduced a new antihero, a tough, brooding, rebellious loner, embodied by Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep. This volume provides a detailed exploration of film noir, tracing its evolution, the influence of such legendary writers as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, and the films that propelled this dark genre to popularity in the mid-20th century.

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在大萧条时期，纸浆小说家们创造了一种新的、独特的美国侦探故事，这种故事强调发展迷人的、往往是怪异的人物，而不是巧妙的情节的曲折性。这种新的犯罪小说出色地适应了银幕，孕育了一种电影类型，二战后法国电影知识分子将其命名为 "黑色电影"。这些电影以深夜的黑暗街道、廉价酒店和酒吧为背景，由经常出入这些地方的危险人物组成，引入了一个新的反英雄，一个坚韧、忧郁、反叛的独行侠，由汉弗莱-鲍嘉在《马耳他之鹰》中扮演的山姆-斯佩德和《大睡》中的菲利普-马洛体现出来。本卷对黑色电影进行了详细的探讨，追溯了它的演变，达希尔-哈米特和雷蒙德-钱德勒等传奇作家的影响，以及在20世纪中期推动这一黑暗流派流行的电影。

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