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Hammett

06/09/1982

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1hr 38min

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Drama

,Thriller

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

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Frederic Forrest
  • Peter Boyle
  • Marilu Henner
  • Roy Kinnear
  • Lydia Lei

    Directors

  • Wim Wenders
  • Francis Ford Coppola
  • Randy Roberts
  • Daniel Attias

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • American Zoetrope

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • Cantonese
  • English

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

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