Movie·1982·98 min

Hammett

Name: Hammett
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1982-06-09
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei

Hammett streams in the US on Darkroom, Fawesome and YOW.tv, and free with ads on YouTube Free and 3 more apps, as of October 6, 2026.

He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.

6.2 / 10 · TMDB

Drama Thriller

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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