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Hammett

He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.

1982 · 1h 38m · 6.2 on TMDB

PG

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.

Cast

Frederic Forrest
Hammett
Peter Boyle
Jimmy Ryan
Marilu Henner
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
Roy Kinnear
English Eddie Hagedorn

Lydia Lei

Lydia Lei

Crystal Ling

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Eli the Taxi Driver

David Patrick Kelly

David Patrick Kelly

The Punk

R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

Lt. O'Mara

Richard Bradford

Richard Bradford

Detective Bradford

Jack Nance

Jack Nance

Gary Salt

Michael Chow

Michael Chow

Fong Wei Tau

Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

Donaldina Cameron

Production

American Zoetrope

Directed by

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Released: June 9, 1982

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