Overview
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
ProducersRonald Colby, Fred Roos, Don Guest
ScreenplayDennis O'Flaherty, Ross Thomas
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LanguageCantonese, English
Production companiesAmerican Zoetrope
TaglineHe created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
