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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.
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Directors
Wim Wenders
Writers
Dennis O'Flaherty, Ross Thomas, Joe Gores, Thomas Pope
Cast
Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei, Elisha Cook Jr., David Patrick Kelly, R.G. Armstrong, Richard Bradford, Jack Nance, Michael Chow, Sylvia Sidney, Elmer Kline, Royal Dano, Samuel Fuller
Production
American Zoetrope
Languages
Cantonese, English
Countries
United States of America
