FILM

Hammett (1982)

Name: Hammett
Director: Wim Wenders
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1982-06-09
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei

Film · 1982 · 98 min · PG · Drama · Thriller

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.

Directed by Wim Wenders

Starring Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei, Elisha Cook Jr., David Patrick Kelly, R.G. Armstrong

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Release dates in United States

In cinemas	17 September 1982
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	Not listed
First release anywhere	9 June 1982

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