Hammett
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
Rating: 6.2 out of 10TMDB(81 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Made on a $7M budget
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Setting
Set in San Francisco
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Music
Music by John Barry
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc and Philip H. Lathrop
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Dennis O'FlahertyScreenplay
- Ross ThomasScreenplay
- Joe GoresNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 9, 1982
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
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 Cameron- Elmer KlineDoc Fallon
Royal DanoPops
Samuel FullerOld Man in Pool Hall
Lloyd KinoBarber
Fox HarrisFrank the News Vendor- Rose WongChinese Laundress
- Liz RobersonLady in the Library
- Jean-François FerreolFrench Sailor
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