Hammett [videorecording] / Zoetrope Studios ; produced by Fred Roos, Ronald Colby and Don Guest ; directed by Wim Wenders ; screenplay by Ross Thomas and Dennis O'Flaherty.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982. Based on the novel by Joe Gores. Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei, Elisha Cook, R.G. Armstrong, Richard Bradford, Michael Chow.
Summary:
Dashiell Hammett has retired from his career as a Pinkerton detective to write fiction. An old friend calls, and Hammett becomes involved in a search for a missing girl in Chinatown.
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