Hammett
1982·Movie
·1h 38min·


About
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
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.
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Directed by:
Francis Ford Coppola, Wim Wenders, Arne Schmidt
Written by:
Ross Thomas, Dennis O'Flaherty, Joe Gores
Produced by:
Francis Ford Coppola, Janet Hirshenson, Fred Roos
Composed by:
Donald O. Mitchell, John Barry, Wylie Stateman
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