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: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner
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Hammett
★ 6.2/1019821h 38m
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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Wim Wenders
- Producers
- Ronald Colby, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Don Guest
