Hammett

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.

Cast

Frederic Forrest

Frederic Forrest

as Hammett

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

as Jimmy Ryan

Marilu Henner

Marilu Henner

as Kit Conger / Sue Alabama

Roy Kinnear

Roy Kinnear

as English Eddie Hagedorn

Lydia Lei

Lydia Lei

as Crystal Ling

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Eli the Taxi Driver

David Patrick Kelly

David Patrick Kelly

as The Punk

R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

as Lt. O'Mara

Richard Bradford

Richard Bradford

as Detective Bradford

Jack Nance

Jack Nance

as Gary Salt

Reviews

John Chard

She's a disaster. Hammett is a fictional story about the great writer Dashiell Hammett (played by Frederic Forrest). The story finds the writer retired from the Pinkerton Detectice Agency and nursing bad lungs and a taste for the liquor. When old colleague Jimmy Ryan (Peter Boyle) comes a callin...

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