Hammett
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Directed by Wim Wenders
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Frederic ForrestHammett
Peter BoyleJimmy Ryan
Marilu HennerKit Conger / Sue Alabama
Roy KinnearEnglish Eddie Hagedorn
Lydia LeiCrystal Ling
Elisha Cook Jr.Eli the Taxi Driver
David Patrick KellyThe Punk
R.G. ArmstrongLt. O'Mara
Richard BradfordDetective Bradford
Jack NanceGary Salt
Michael ChowFong Wei Tau
Sylvia SidneyDonaldina CameronExplore the crew
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Screenplay
- Dennis O'Flaherty
- Producer
- Ronald Colby
- Editor
- Randy Roberts
- Editor
- Marc Laub
- Editor
- Robert Q. Lovett
- Producer
- Fred Roos
- Director of Photography
- Joseph F. Biroc
- Screenplay
- Ross Thomas
- Producer
- Don Guest
- Editor
- Janice Hampton
- Original Music Composer
- John Barry