Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Writer
- Ross Thomas
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
David Patrick Kelly
Elisha Cook Jr.
Frederic Forrest
Jack Nance
Lydia Lei
Marilu Henner
Peter Boyle
R.G. Armstrong
Richard Bradford
Roy Kinnear
Keywords
1920s
based on novel or book
chinatown
crime fiction writer
femme fatale
historical figure
neo-noir
san francisco
california
semi-fiction
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