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.
June 9, 1982
American Zoetrope
37 people
Frederic Forrest
Hammett
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Peter Boyle
Jimmy Ryan
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Marilu Henner
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
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Roy Kinnear
English Eddie Hagedorn
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Lydia Lei
Crystal Ling
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Elisha Cook Jr.
Eli the Taxi Driver
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David Patrick Kelly
The Punk
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R.G. Armstrong
Lt. O'Mara
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Richard Bradford
Detective Bradford
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Jack Nance
Gary Salt
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Michael Chow
Fong Wei Tau
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Sylvia Sidney
Donaldina Cameron
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