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Hammett

Hammett

1982 · 98 min · EN · PG · 6.2 (81 votes)
Dir. Wim Wenders · Starring Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei, Elisha Cook Jr. · Music John Barry

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

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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.

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A smoky, rain-slicked dive into the underbelly of 1920s San Francisco. It feels like being pulled into a hardboiled detective novel, where every shadow hides a secret and trust is a dangerous commodity. Cynical and atmospheric.

grittycynicalworld-wearyatmosphericsteadyneo-noirperiod piecedialogue-drivenliterary adaptationcorruptiondeceptionthe blurred line between fiction and realitymoral ambiguity
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based on novel or booksan francisco, californiachinatownhistorical figurefemme fataleneo-noir1920scrime fiction writersemi-fiction
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