Hammett
19821ч 38мин7+
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"He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it."
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
Details
Basic Info
StatusReleased
Release DateJune 9, 1982
Age Rating7+
Original Languageen
Statistics
Vote Count75
Popularity1
Languages
CantoneseEnglish
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
American Zoetrope
Crew
Writers
Dennis O'Flaherty
Ross Thomas
Producers
Fred Roos
Ronald Colby
Francis Ford Coppola
Composer
John Barry
Cinematography
Joseph F. Biroc
Editor
Marc Laub
Keywords
based on novel or booksan francisco, californiachinatownhistorical figurefemme fataleneo-noir1920scrime fiction writersemi-fiction
Cast
Frederic Forrest
Hammett
Peter Boyle
Jimmy Ryan
Marilu Henner
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
Roy Kinnear
English Eddie Hagedorn
Lydia Lei
Crystal Ling
Elisha Cook Jr.
Eli the Taxi Driver
David Patrick Kelly
The Punk
R.G. Armstrong
Lt. O'Mara
Richard Bradford
Detective Bradford
Jack Nance
Gary Salt
Michael Chow
Fong Wei Tau
Sylvia Sidney
Donaldina Cameron
