If I Die Before I Wake

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If I Die Before I Wake is a 1938 crime novel by Sherwood King that blends noir mystery with psychological suspense and served as the literary basis for Orson Welles’s film The Lady from Shanghai.

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instanceOf crime novel
novel
adaptedAsFilm The Lady from Shanghai NERFINISHED
author Sherwood King NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre crime fiction
noir fiction
psychological suspense
hasAuthorNationality American NERFINISHED
hasAuthorOccupation novelist
hasFilmAdaptationDirector Orson Welles NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn film noir aesthetics
hasSetting United States NERFINISHED
hasTheme crime
deception
psychological tension
hasTitle If I Die Before I Wake NERFINISHED
language English
literaryBasisFor The Lady from Shanghai NERFINISHED
narrativeForm prose
originalMedium print
partOf 20th-century American crime literature
publicationCentury 20th century
publicationYear 1938
workBasisOfScreenplayBy Orson Welles NERFINISHED

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The Lady from Shanghai basedOn If I Die Before I Wake