Storyline: 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.
Release Date: 1982-06-09
Original Language: en
Original Title: Hammett
Status: Released
Runtime: 98 minutes
TagLine: 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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