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Hammett
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
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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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Creators
Cast
Frederic Forrest
actor
Peter Boyle
actor
Marilu Henner
actor
Roy Kinnear
actor
Elisha Cook Jr.
actor
David Patrick Kelly
actor
R.G. Armstrong
actor
Richard Bradford
actor
Jack Nance
actor
Sylvia Sidney
actor
Royal Dano
actor
Samuel Fuller
actor
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