PG19821h 38mDramaThriller
Hammett
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
65Pop Score8 of 9 sources
Critics and audiences agreeChinatown, 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.
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Writer
- Dennis O'Flaherty
- Writer
- Ross Thomas
- Novel
- Joe Gores
- Music
- John Barry
- Cinematography
- Joseph F. Biroc
Ratings
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Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 9 Jun 1982
- Original language
- English
