Hammett (1982)
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
97 min
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.
- Release date
- September 17, 1982
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Frederic Forrest as Hammett
- Peter Boyle as Jimmy Ryan
- Marilu Henner as Kit Conger
- 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
Crew
- Wim Wenders · Director
- Joe Gores · Writer
- Ross Thomas · Writer
- Dennis O'Flaherty · Writer
- Thomas Pope · Writer
- Ronald Colby · Producer
- Don Guest · Producer
- Fred Roos · Producer
- John Barry · Composer
- Joseph F. Biroc · Cinematographer
- Janice Hampton · Editor
- Marc Laub · Editor
- Robert Q. Lovett · Editor
- Barry Malkin · Editor
- Janet Hirshenson · Casting director
- Jane Jenkins · Casting director
- Barbara Johnson · Casting director
- Dean Tavoularis · Production designer