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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 17, 1982
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 1, 2005
Director
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Producers
Music
Studio
American Zoetrope
Quotes
See all →A Unique Persuasive Style in Dialogue
The Punk
Whose there? You don't want a belly full of daylight!
English Eddie Hagedorn
You have a unique persuasive style, sir. Perhaps a little lacking in finesse, but then, polish isn't everything.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Balancing Money and Danger
Sue Alabama
He needed one hand for the money and the other for the gun... He wasn't good enough to handle both.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →F
Frederic Forrest
Hammett
P
Peter Boyle
Jimmy Ryan
M
Marilu Henner
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
R
Roy Kinnear
English Eddie Hagedorn
L
Lydia Lei
Crystal Ling
E
Elisha Cook Jr.
Eli the Taxi Driver
D
David Patrick Kelly
The Punk
R
R.G. Armstrong
Lt. O'Mara
R
Richard Bradford
Detective Bradford
J
Jack Nance
Gary Salt
M
Michael Chow
Fong Wei Tau
S
Sylvia Sidney
Donaldina Cameron
E
Elmer Kline
Doc Fallon
R
Royal Dano
Pops
S
Samuel Fuller
Old Man in Pool Hall
L
Lloyd Kino
Barber
F
Fox Harris
Frank the News Vendor
A
Alison Hong
Young Chinese Girl
L
Lisa Lu
Miss Cameron's Assistant
A
Andrew Winner
Bank Guard
