Hammett (1982)
- Directed by
- Wim Wenders
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, crime film, mystery film, neo-noir, detective film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 78 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A detective story writer gets pulled into a real-life mystery that feels like one of his own plots. He navigates a web of old friends and shady characters in 1920s San Francisco.
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What happens
Hammett is a 1982 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Wim Wenders and executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay was written by Ross Thomas and Dennis O'Flaherty, based on the novel of the same name by Joe Gores. It stars Frederic Forrest as detective story writer Dashiell Hammett, who gets caught up in a mystery very much like one of his own stories. Marilu Henner plays Hammett's neighbor, Kit Conger, and Peter Boyle plays Jimmy Ryan, an old friend from Hammett's days as a Pinkerton agent. The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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