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Hammett is a american film of genre Drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola released in USA on 17 september 1982 with Frederic Forrest
Hammett (1982)
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Add to a movie listHammett is a 1982 homage to noir films and pulp fiction produced by Francis Ford Coppola and directed by Wim Wenders. The film is a fictionalized story about writer Dashiell Hammett, based on the novel of the same name by Joe Gores. The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
It stars Frederic Forrest, Marilu Henner and Peter Boyle.
Synopsis
San Francisco-based Dashiell Hammett, trying to put his Pinkerton detective days behind him while establishing himself as a writer, finds himself drawn back into his old life one last time by the irresistible call of friendship and to honor a debt.Actors
Frederic Forrest
(Hammett)
Peter Boyle
(Jimmy Ryan)
Marilu Henner
(Kit Conger / Sue Alabama)
Roy Kinnear
(English Eddie Hagedorn)
Elisha Cook, Jr.
(Eli the Taxi Driver)
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