Hammett

Jun 9, 1982

1h 38m

★ 6.3

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

American Zoetrope

Hammett Trailers

Cast

Hammett

Frederic Forrest

Jimmy Ryan

Peter Boyle

Kit Conger / Sue Alabama

Marilu Henner

English Eddie Hagedorn

Roy Kinnear

Crystal Ling

Lydia Lei

Eli the Taxi Driver

Elisha Cook Jr.

The Punk

David Patrick Kelly

Lt. O'Mara

R.G. Armstrong

Detective Bradford

Richard Bradford

Gary Salt

Jack Nance

Fong Wei Tau

Michael Chow

Donaldina Cameron

Sylvia Sidney

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