Neither films noirs nor the thriller novels they drew upon are a preserve of male writers. A number of films were scripted, co-written or adapted by women or derived from stories by women - including Desperate, Railroaded and Raw Deal, all directed by Anthony Mann (his collaboration with women writers was extensive: 'Follow Me Quietly', an unpublished short story by Mann and Francis Rosewald was scripted for the film by Lillie Hayward) . In a Lonely Place is based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes; Private Hell was co-scripted b y Ida Lupino and Collier Young; additional dialogue in The Pretender was by Doris Miller, and Chandler's novel The High Window, filmed as The Brasher Doubloon, was scripted by Dorothy Hannah and adapted by Dorothy Bennett and Leonard Praskins. The Reckless Moment was based closely on the story 'The Blank Wall' by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, who was described by Raymond Chandler as 'the top suspense writer of them all'.