Hammett

Synopsis

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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When & where

Streaming on

• Darkroom↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  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

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