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Hammett is a 1982 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Wim Wenders and executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay was written by Ross Thomas and Dennis O'Flaherty, based on the novel of the same name by Joe Gores .
- $7 million
Sep 17, 1982 · Hammett: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear. Fictional account of real-life mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, and his involvement in the investigation of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress' mysterious disappearance in San Francisco.
- (3.6K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Wim Wenders
- 1982-09-17
77% 13 Reviews Tomatometer 62% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Writer/private detective Dashiell Hammett (Frederic Forrest) works a dirty case in 1920s San Francisco.
- (13)
- Wim Wenders
- PG
- Frederic Forrest
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Set in 1927 San Francisco, the film catches Dashiell Hammett in transition: Trying to firmly put his Pinkerton days behind him while establishing himself as a writer, dealing with the twin scourges of his World War I - induced tuberculosis and the alcoholism that will plague him almost to the end of his days, he finds himself drawn back into his...
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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.
- 98 min
Hammett 1982, directed by Wim Wenders | Film review. Film. Time Out says. Wenders' first American movie is no conventional biopic, but a stunningly achieved fiction about the art and mystique...
