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Hammett (1982)

PG ★ 6.2/10 98 min Drama, Thriller United States English
Director: Wim Wenders
Screenplay by: Dennis O'Flaherty, Ross Thomas
Novel: Joe Gores
Adaptation: Thomas Pope
Streaming: Not available
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.

Description

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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