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.

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Genres

Drama, Thriller

Language

EN

Release Date

1982-06-09

Runtime

98 min

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Cast

Frederic Forrest

Peter Boyle

Marilu Henner

Roy Kinnear

Lydia Lei

Elisha Cook Jr.

David Patrick Kelly

R.G. Armstrong

Richard Bradford

Jack Nance