Hammett

Name: Hammett
Director: Samuel Fuller
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1982-06-09
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei

"He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it."

6.2(73 votes)

1h 38m

June 9, 1982

DramaThriller

Overview

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.