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
Richard Bradford
Detective Bradford
Jack Nance
Gary Salt
Michael Chow
Fong Wei Tau
Sylvia Sidney
Donaldina Cameron
Elmer Kline
Doc Fallon
Royal Dano
Pops
Samuel Fuller
Old Man in Pool Hall
“He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.”
No reviews yet — be the first.
No threads yet — start one below.
MovieGenius
2016
MovieGigi & Nate
2022
MovieEleanor the Great
2025
MovieTopaz
1969
MoviePassing
2021
MovieLight of My Life
2019
MovieParadise Hills
2019
MovieBlack Widow
1987
MovieBirth of the Dragon
2017
MovieMilk
2008
MovieStarving in Suburbia
2014
Movie6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain
2017
MovieThe Words
2012
MovieDawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014
