It’s been adapted into two films (19), and the chances are that, if you have not read the books you have at least seen the movie. The Killer Inside Me is considered one of the few books that need no introduction at all- it is and will always remain one of the best classics of American noir fiction. At its release, the 2010 film version was criticized for its graphic depiction of violence especially towards women. The book was also opted for a second adaptation and made into a 2010 crime drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Kate Hudson, Casey Affleck, and Jessica Alba. The Killer Inside Me (1952) was adapted in a 1976 movie directed by Burt Kennedy starring Tisha Sterling, Susan Tyrrell, and Stacy Keach. The Grifters published in 1963 was adapted into 1990 American crime drama film starring Annette Bening, John Cusack, and Anjelica Huston, directed by Stephen Frears and produced by Martin Scorsese. The Getaway (1959) was adapted into a 1972 American crime film starring, Ali MacGraw, Steve McQueen, Slim Pickens and Jack Dodson. Two of Jim Thompson books have been adapted into movies. To support his family while writing books, he took a job as a reporter with the Los Angeles Mirror, owned by the Los Angeles Times. When these two books generated little attention, Thompson switched to the more lucrative but less prestigious crime fiction genre. His second book was Heed The Thunder (1946) detailing a twisted and vicious Nebraska family, partly inspired by his extended clan. The book featured little crime and violence that later filled his writing, and even though it was positively reviewed, the book was poorly sold. These events formed a foundation of his semi-autobiographical book, Now And On Earth published in 1942. In the first few days of the World War II, he worked at an aircraft factory where the FBI often investigated him due to his early connection with the Communist Party. For two years during prohibition in Texas, Thomson worked as a ballboy during the nights while attending school in the day. He was bright and well-read but had little regard informal education. Few of his short story pieces were published in his mid-teens. He was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma and began writing at an early age. Despite gaining positive critics notably by Anthony Boucher, he was little recognized in his lifetime. He wrote more than 30 books majority of which were original paperback. Jim Thompson was an American author and screenwriter famously known for his hardboiled crime fiction. Nothing More Than Murder / Murder at the Bijou
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