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Hammett (1982)
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"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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1 hr 38 min
Sep 17th, 1982
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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.
Starring
Frederic Forrest
Peter Boyle
Marilu Henner
Directors
Wim Wenders
Francis Ford Coppola
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Frederic Forrest
as Hammett
P
Peter Boyle
as Jimmy Ryan
M
Marilu Henner
as Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
R
Roy Kinnear
as English Eddie Hagedorn
L
Lydia Lei
as Crystal Ling
E
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Eli the Taxi Driver
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Wim Wenders
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April Ferry
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Francis Ford Coppola
Second Unit Director
D
Dennis O'Flaherty
Screenplay
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Ross Thomas
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Ronald Colby
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Theatrical Release:
September 17th, 1982
On DVD & Blu-ray:
November 1st, 2005
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Original Language:
English
Executive Producers:
Francis Ford Coppola
Production Companies:
American Zoetrope
Movie Tags:
based on novel or book
neo-noir
1920s
historical figure
san francisco, california
femme fatale
chinatown
semi-fiction
crime fiction writer
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