Movie Details

Title

Hammett

Overview

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…

Runtime

1 h 38 min

Release Date

9 June 1982

Actors

Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei, Elisha Cook Jr., David Patrick Kelly, R.G. Armstrong, Richard Bradford, Jack Nance, Michael Chow, Sylvia Sidney, Elmer Kline, Royal Dano, Samuel Fuller, Lloyd Kino, Fox Harris, Rose Wong, Liz Roberson, Jean-François Ferreol, Alison Hong, Patricia Kong, Lisa Lu, Andrew Winner, Kenji Shibuya, James Quinn, Mark Anger, James Devney, Hank Worden, Christopher Day, Ciceley Rush, Chris Alcaide, Ben Breslauer, James Brodhead, John Hamilton, John T. Spiotta, Ross Thomas

Certification

PG

Genres

Drama, Thriller

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