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

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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Main Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei, Elisha Cook Jr., David Patrick Kelly, R. G. Armstrong, Richard Bradford, Jack Nance

Director: Wim Wenders

Writers: Ross Thomas, Dennis O'Flaherty

Editors: Marc Laub, Janice Hampton, Robert Q. Lovett, Randy Roberts

Cinematographer: Joseph F. Biroc

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