"He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it." 09 June 1982 Drama, Thriller 98 mins
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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Frederic Forrest as Hammett
Peter Boyle as Jimmy Ryan
Marilu Henner as Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
Roy Kinnear as English Eddie Hagedorn
Lydia Lei as Crystal Ling
Elisha Cook Jr. as Eli the Taxi Driver
David Patrick Kelly as The Punk
R.G. Armstrong as Lt. O'Mara
Richard Bradford as Detective Bradford
Jack Nance as Gary Salt
Michael Chow as Fong Wei Tau
Sylvia Sidney as Donaldina Cameron
Elmer Kline as Doc Fallon
Royal Dano as Pops
Samuel Fuller as Old Man in Pool Hall
Lloyd Kino as Barber
Wim Wenders Director
April Ferry Costumer
Francis Ford Coppola Second Unit Director
Ruth Morley Costume Design
Angelo P. Graham Art Direction
Dennis O'Flaherty Screenplay
Ronald Colby Producer
Andrew London Supervising Sound Editor
Francis Ford Coppola Executive Producer
Dean Tavoularis Production Design
Randy Roberts Editor
Wylie Stateman Sound Editor
Marc Laub Editor
Robert Q. Lovett Editor
Richard Bryce Goodman Sound Mixer
Bob Johnston Sound Editor
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Menneskejagt i San Francisco Trailer
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Argentina 14 October 1982
Brazil 10 July 1987
Canada 12 September 1982
Switzerland 01 August 1982
Germany 13 January 1983
Denmark 22 April 1983
Finland 04 October 1985
France 09 June 1982
United Kingdom 13 March 1987
Italy 11 November 1983
Japan 14 December 1985
Netherlands 19 July 1984
Portugal 09 November 1984
Sweden 29 April 1983
United States 17 September 1982
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Detective Dashiell Hammett thought that he had left his old life behind when he retired to become a writer. But when his ex-boss brings him on for one last case ...
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Executive producer Francis Ford Coppola with director Wim Wenders during the production of HAMMETT (1982).
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24 April 1982
Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000.
21 December 1982
Yogi escapes from Jellystone and hides out in a department store - posing as the Store's Santa. Along the way, he helps a little girl to rediscover her faith in Christmas.
28 July 1982
After a drawn-out, viciously-fought war, the earth has been conquered by the alien Illumidus Empire. Harlock, a captain in earth's fleet, crashes his ship to prevent the Illumidus from using it, and flat-out refuses to join them.
28 April 1982
A BAFTA award nominated drama about a British POW's collaboration with the Nazis during WWII.
14 April 1982
Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights.
15 May 1982
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice system while balancing her home life including romantic relationships.
09 July 1982
When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world.
11 December 1982
The Lemon Popsicle boys - Bobby, Benji, and Huey - have been drafted into the army, but they're not quite ready to give up the freedom they've enjoyed for so long and submit to army discipline.
12 September 1982
In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system.
11 June 1982
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home.
03 October 1982
An impressionable young man finds himself literally enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to bring him back to reality, the boy's parents hire a deprogrammer to kidnap him and return him to his family.
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