Noir in Film: 5 Great Films Adapted from Noir Classics
By Kristin Centorcelli
November 11, 2012Raymond Chandler is considered one of the fathers of noir for good reason. His wonderful creation, Philip Marlowe, is one of the most popular detectives in crime fiction, and all of his books were adapted for films. In my opinion, the best of these is The Big Sleep (1946) adapted from the Chandler novel of…