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Hammett (1982)
Directed by Wim Wenders
Overview
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.
Rated PG | Length 98 minutes
Actors
Frederic Forrest | Peter Boyle | Marilu Henner | Roy Kinnear | Lydia Lei | Elisha Cook Jr. | David Patrick Kelly | R.G. Armstrong | Richard Bradford | Jack Nance | Michael Chow | Sylvia Sidney | Elmer Kline | Royal Dano | Samuel Fuller | Lloyd Kino | Fox Harris | Rose Wong | Liz Roberson | Jean-François Ferreol | Alison Hong | Patricia Kong | Lisa Lu | Andrew Winner | Kenji Shibuya | James Quinn | Mark Anger | James Devney | Hank Worden | Christopher Day | Ciceley Rush | Chris Alcaide | Ben Breslauer | James Brodhead | John Hamilton | John T. Spiotta | Ross Thomas