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directed by Wim Wenders
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.

Frederic Forrest
Hammett

Peter Boyle
Jimmy Ryan

Marilu Henner
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama

Roy Kinnear
English Eddie Hagedorn

Lydia Lei
Crystal Ling

Elisha Cook Jr.
Eli the Taxi Driver

David Patrick Kelly
The Punk

R.G. Armstrong
Lt. O'Mara
Director
Wim Wenders
Language
EN