Plot
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.
Cast
Frederic Forrest
Hammett
Peter Boyle
Jimmy Ryan
Marilu Henner
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
Roy Kinnear
English Eddie Hagedorn
Lydia Lei
Crystal Ling
Elisha Cook Jr.
Eli the Taxi Driver
David Patrick Kelly
The Punk
R.G. Armstrong
Lt. O'Mara
Richard Bradford
Detective Bradford
Jack Nance
Gary Salt
Michael Chow
Fong Wei Tau
Sylvia Sidney
Donaldina Cameron
Crew
Wim Wenders
Director
Dennis O'Flaherty
Screenplay
Ronald Colby
Producer
Fred Roos
Producer
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
Ross Thomas
Screenplay
Don Guest
Producer
John Barry
Original Music Composer
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