Hammett
Hammett
DramaThriller

Hammett

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

6.3(77 votes)·1982 98m·EN· United States of America

Directed by Wim Wenders

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.

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6.3/10

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Director

Wim Wenders

Studios

American Zoetrope

Budget

Revenue

Cast

Frederic Forrest

Hammett

Peter Boyle

Jimmy Ryan

Marilu Henner

Kit Conger / Sue Alabama

Roy Kinnear

English Eddie Hagedorn

Lydia Lei

Crystal Ling

Elisha Cook Jr.

Eli the Taxi Driver

David Patrick Kelly

The Punk

R.G. Armstrong

Lt. O'Mara

Richard Bradford

Detective Bradford

Jack Nance

Gary Salt

Michael Chow

Fong Wei Tau

Sylvia Sidney

Donaldina Cameron

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