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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.
6.2/10 1982 4K 98 min
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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Hammett
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