He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
19821h 38mPGDrama•Thriller
6.3
TMDB77 votes
Synopsis
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.
Studio
American Zoetrope
Release Date
June 9, 1982
Audio
CantoneseEnglish
Subtitles
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Director
Wim Wenders
Writers
Dennis O'Flaherty, Ross Thomas, Joe Gores
