Film

Hammett

1982 · 1h 38m · Drama · Thriller

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

IMDb

6.4

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

Metacritic

61

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.

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

Michael Chow

Fong Wei Tau

Sylvia Sidney

Donaldina Cameron

Elmer Kline

Doc Fallon

Royal Dano

Pops

Samuel Fuller

Old Man in Pool Hall

Lloyd Kino

Barber

• Wim WendersDirector
• Dennis O'FlahertyScreenplay
• Ross ThomasScreenplay
• Joe GoresNovel
• Fred RoosProducer
• Ronald ColbyProducer
• Don GuestProducer
• Francis Ford CoppolaExecutive Producer
• Joseph F. BirocDirector of Photography
• John BarryOriginal Music Composer

"Hammett" (1982) Trailer

Release date

June 9, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Genres

Drama, Thriller

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