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Hammett

IMDb 6.2 1982 Movie 98 min

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.

Drama Thriller

Starring

Frederic Forrest

Peter Boyle

Marilu Henner

Roy Kinnear

Lydia Lei

Elisha Cook Jr.

David Patrick Kelly

R.G. Armstrong