Hammett
movie
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
Released June 09, 1982
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.
Cast
Frederic Forrest
as
Hammett
Peter Boyle
as
Jimmy Ryan
Marilu Henner
as
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
Roy Kinnear
as
English Eddie Hagedorn
Lydia Lei
as
Crystal Ling
Elisha Cook Jr.
as
Eli the Taxi Driver
David Patrick Kelly
as
The Punk
R.G. Armstrong
as
Lt. O'Mara
Richard Bradford
as
Detective Bradford
Jack Nance
as
Gary Salt
Michael Chow
as
Fong Wei Tau
Sylvia Sidney
as
Donaldina Cameron
Crew
Wim Wenders
as
Director
April Ferry
as
Costumer
Francis Ford Coppola
as
Second Unit Director
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Ruth Morley
as
Costume Design
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Angelo P. Graham
as
Art Direction
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Dennis O'Flaherty
as
Screenplay
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Ronald Colby
as
Producer
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Andrew London
as
Supervising Sound Editor
Francis Ford Coppola
as
Executive Producer
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Dean Tavoularis
as
Production Design
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Randy Roberts
as
Editor
Wylie Stateman
as
Sound Editor