(1917-03-02)March 2, 1917 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
January 7, 1967(1967-01-07) (aged 49)
Pen name
David Crewe, Logan Claybourne, Lance Kermit, others
Occupation
Novelist, screenwriter
Period
1939–1967
Genre
Noir fiction, crime fiction
Spouse
Elaine Astor
(m. 1943–1946)
Website
www.davidgoodis.com
David Loeb Goodis (March 2, 1917 – January 7, 1967) was an American writer of crime fiction noted for his output of short stories and novels in the noir fiction genre. Born in Philadelphia, Goodis alternately resided there and in New York City and Hollywood during his professional years. According to critic Dennis Drabelle, "Despite his [university] education, a combination of ethnicity (Jewish) and temperament allowed him to empathize with outsiders: the working poor, the unjustly accused, fugitives, criminals."[1]
^Drabelle, Dennis (May 24, 2012). "David Goodis's 'Five Noir Novels of the 1940s & 50s': Dark tales of losers". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
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film was based on a 1953 pulp-noir novel of the same name, written by DavidGoodis, but it was transferred in the film script from the docksides of Philadelphia...
(1925–2019), British professor DavidGoodis (1917–1967), American writer David Goodwillie (born 1989), Scottish footballer David Goodwillie (author) (born...
highlighting 16 noir films with adapted stories from Dashiell Hammett, DavidGoodis, James M. Cain, Jonathan Latimer, Cornell Woolrich, and Raymond Chandler...
Willeford. Sean McCann credits Willeford—along with Jim Thompson and DavidGoodis—as one of the writers responsible for bringing the "hard-boiled crime...
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