Hammett
1982, Film, 97 min, Crime, Drama, Mystery, English, United States, MoviePedia score 64
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.
Directed by Wim Wenders, Francis Ford Coppola
Cast
- Frederic Forrest as Hammett
- Peter Boyle as Jimmy Ryan
- Marilu Henner as Sue Alabama
- Roy Kinnear as English Eddie Hagedorn
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Eli the Taxi Driver
- Lydia Lei as Crystal Ling
- R.G. Armstrong as Lt. O'Mara
- Richard Bradford as Detective Bradford
- Michael Chow as Fong Wei Tau
- David Patrick Kelly as The Punk
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