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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.

1982 · PG · 1h 38m

Directed by Wim Wenders

6.2

TMDB audience score
82 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • 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

  • Elmer Kline
    Doc Fallon

  • Royal Dano
    Pops

  • Samuel Fuller
    Old Man in Pool Hall

  • Lloyd Kino
    Barber

  • Fox Harris
    Frank the News Vendor

  • Rose Wong
    Chinese Laundress