Movie

Hammett

★ 6.2/10 · 81 votes 1982 1h 38m Released

DramaThriller

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 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