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W R Burnett


(William Riley Burnett)
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William Riley Burnett, often credited as W. R. Burnett, was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for the crime novel, Little Caesar, whose film adaptation is considered the first of the classic American gangster movies.
 


Genres: Mystery
 
Novels
   Little Caesar (1929)
   The Silver Eagle (1931)
   Dark Hazard (1933)
   The Goodhues of Sinking Creek (1934)
   High Sierra (1940)
   Nobody Lives Forever (1943)
   The Quick Brown Fox (1943)
   Tomorrow's Another Day (1945)
   Romelle (1946)
   The Asphalt Jungle (1949)
   Little Men, Big World (1951)
   Vanity Row (1952)
   Underdog (1957)
   Conant (1961)
   Round the Clock At Volari's (1961)
   The Widow Barony (1962)
   The Abilene Samson (1963)
   The Cool Man (1968)
   Good-bye, Chicago (1981)
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