Hammett (1982)
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
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.
- Date of release
- 1982-06-09
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (81)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Wim Wenders
Casting
- 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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