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.

Details

Cast

Frederic Forrest

Peter Boyle

Marilu Henner

Roy Kinnear

Lydia Lei

Elisha Cook Jr.

David Patrick Kelly

R.G. Armstrong

Richard Bradford

Jack Nance