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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.

Starring: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei

Writer: Dennis O'Flaherty, Ross Thomas, Joe Gores, Thomas Pope

Release Date:
June 9, 1982
Ratings:
6.2 / 10
Director:
Wim Wenders
Companies:
American Zoetrope

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.