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He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
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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: Wim Wenders, Francis Ford Coppola, Joseph F. Biroc
Produced by: Ronald Colby, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos
Composed by: John Barry
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