Hammett

• Movies
• 1982-06-09
• EN
• Released
• 2h 38m
• US
• Drama - Thriller

• 6.2
• 65
• Trailer

Production

American Zoetrope

Tagline

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

Storyline

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.