

Masterpiece
6.3
98mHammett
"He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it."
Year
1982
Language
en
Votes
0.1k
The Story
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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Lead Performance

Frederic Forrest
Hammett

Peter Boyle
Jimmy Ryan

Marilu Henner
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama

Roy Kinnear
English Eddie Hagedorn

Lydia Lei
Crystal Ling




