Hammett
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
6.2(78) 1982-06-09 98 minDramaThriller
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.
DirectorWim Wenders
ScreenplayDennis O'Flaherty
ScreenplayRoss Thomas
ProducerRonald Colby
ProducerDon Guest
ProducerFred Roos
Original Music ComposerJohn Barry
Cast & characters
Frederic Forrest
as Hammett
Peter Boyle
as Jimmy Ryan
Marilu Henner
as Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
Roy Kinnear
as English Eddie Hagedorn
Lydia Lei
as Crystal Ling
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Eli the Taxi Driver
David Patrick Kelly
as The Punk
R.G. Armstrong
as Lt. O'Mara
Richard Bradford
as Detective Bradford
Jack Nance
as Gary Salt
Michael Chow
as Fong Wei Tau
Sylvia Sidney
as Donaldina Cameron
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Elmer Kline
as Doc Fallon
Royal Dano
as Pops
Samuel Fuller
as Old Man in Pool Hall
Lloyd Kino
as Barber
Fox Harris
as Frank the News Vendor
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Rose Wong
as Chinese Laundress
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Liz Roberson
as Lady in the Library
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Jean-François Ferreol
as French Sailor
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Alison Hong
as Young Chinese Girl
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Patricia Kong
as Chinese Girl in Fong's
Lisa Lu
as Miss Cameron's Assistant
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Andrew Winner
as Bank Guard
