Movie Details
Theatrical Release:September 17th, 1982
On DVD & Blu-ray:November 1st, 2005
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Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Francis Ford Coppola
Production Companies:American Zoetrope
Hammett (1982)
Movie"He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it."
Audience Score
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.
DirectorWim Wenders
