Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled alcoholism.

Sam Shepard
as Dashiell Hammett

Judy Davis
as Lillian Hellman

David Paymer
as Arthur Kober

Laurence Luckinbill
as Joseph Rauh

Željko Ivanek
as Mel Berman

Bebe Neuwirth
as Dorothy Parker

Alex Fallis
as Bing Crosby

Stephanie Morgenstern
as Studio Secretary

Bill Martin
as Croupier

Barry Flatman
as Man on Train