Hammett

He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.

• Rated 6.2 out of 10
• Movie
• 1982
• 1h 38m
• Drama
• Thriller

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.

Director

Wim Wenders

Starring

Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear