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Hammett

6.3 98 mins Drama   Thriller   1982
American Zoetrope  
Director(s): Wim Wenders

Release Date: 09 Wed, Jun 1982

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.

Casts of Hammett

Frederic Forrest

as Hammett

Peter Boyle

as Jimmy Ryan

Marilu Henner

as Kit Conger / Sue Alabama

Roy Kinnear

as English Eddie Hagedorn

Lydia Lei

as Crystal Ling

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Eli the Taxi Driver

David Patrick Kelly

as The Punk

R.G. Armstrong

as Lt. O'Mara

Richard Bradford

as Detective Bradford

Jack Nance

as Gary Salt

Michael Chow

as Fong Wei Tau

Sylvia Sidney

as Donaldina Cameron

Elmer Kline

as Doc Fallon

Royal Dano

as Pops

Samuel Fuller

as Old Man in Pool Hall

Lloyd Kino

as Barber

Fox Harris

as Frank the News Vendor

Rose Wong

as Chinese Laundress

Liz Roberson

as Lady in the Library

Jean-François Ferreol

as French Sailor

Alison Hong

as Young Chinese Girl

Patricia Kong

as Chinese Girl in Fong's

Lisa Lu

as Miss Cameron's Assistant

Andrew Winner

as Bank Guard

Kenji Shibuya

as Chinese Bouncer

James Quinn

as Fong's Guard

Mark Anger

as Bartender in Cookies' Bar

James Devney

as Police Projectionist

Hank Worden

as Pool Room Attendant

Christopher Day

as Neighborhood Kid #1

Ciceley Rush

as Neighborhood Kid #2

Chris Alcaide

as Man in Boardroom #1

Ben Breslauer

as Man in Boardroom #2

James Brodhead

as Man in Boardroom #3

John Hamilton

as Man in Boardroom #4

John T. Spiotta

as Man in Boardroom #5

Ross Thomas

as Man in Boardroom #6

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