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He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
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.
Toronto International Film Festival 1982
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei, Elisha Cook Jr., David Patrick Kelly, R.G. Armstrong, Richard Bradford, Jack Nance, Michael Chow, Sylvia Sidney, Elmer Kline, Royal Dano, Samuel Fuller, Lloyd Kino, Fox Harris, Rose Wong, Liz Roberson, Jean-François Ferreol
Writers: Dennis O'Flaherty (Screenplay), Ross Thomas (Screenplay), Joe Gores (Novel)
Cinematographer: Joseph F. Biroc
Production Designer: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham
Editors: Marc Laub, Randy Roberts
Sound Designer: Richard Bryce Goodman, Bob Johnston
Composer: John Barry
Costume Designer: Ruth Morley
Direction team: Arne Schmidt (First Assistant Director), Ronald Colby (First Assistant Director), Dan Attias (Second Assistant Director), David Valdes (Second Assistant Director), Joanie Blum (Script Supervisor)
Producers: Fred Roos, Ronald Colby, Francis Ford Coppola
Production: American Zoetrope
