Hammett

• 6.1 Drama
• 1982-06-09
• 98 minutes mins

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 (Hammett) Peter Boyle (Jimmy Ryan) Marilu Henner (Kit Conger / Sue Alabama) Roy Kinnear (English Eddie Hagedorn) Lydia Lei (Crystal Ling) Elisha Cook Jr. (Eli the Taxi Driver) David Patrick Kelly (The Punk) R.G. Armstrong (Lt. O'Mara) Richard Bradford (Detective Bradford) Jack Nance (Gary Salt)

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writer:

Dennis O'Flaherty Ross Thomas