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Masterpiece
6.3
98m

Hammett

"He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it."

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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

Frederic Forrest

Hammett

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

Jimmy Ryan

Marilu Henner

Marilu Henner

Kit Conger / Sue Alabama

Roy Kinnear

Roy Kinnear

English Eddie Hagedorn

Lydia Lei

Lydia Lei

Crystal Ling

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