Hammett

Name: Hammett
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1982-06-09
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei

He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.

Hammett (1982)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Production

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Budget

Box office

$42 914

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Director

Wim Wenders

Actors

Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei, Elisha Cook Jr., David Patrick Kelly, R. G. Armstrong, Richard Bradford, Jack Nance
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Scenario

Producer

Ronald Colby, Don Guest, Fred Roos, Francis Ford Coppola

Camera operator

Joseph F. Biroc

Composer

John Barry

Artist

Dean Tavoularis

Audition

Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins, Barbara Johnson

Editing

Janice Hampton, Marc Laub, Robert Q. Lovett
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Short description

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.