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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.

6.2/ 1019821h 38mPG

DramaThriller

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.

Directed by Wim Wenders

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The cast

Faces behind the story

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

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Eli the Taxi Driver

David Patrick Kelly

David Patrick Kelly

The Punk

R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

Lt. O'Mara