Hammett

He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.

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.

Frederic Forrest

Peter Boyle

Marilu Henner

(Kit Conger / Sue Alabama)

Roy Kinnear

(English Eddie Hagedorn)

Lydia Lei

Elisha Cook Jr.

(Eli the Taxi Driver)

David Patrick Kelly

R.G. Armstrong

Richard Bradford

(Detective Bradford)

Jack Nance

Michael Chow

Sylvia Sidney

(Donaldina Cameron)

Elmer Kline

Royal Dano

Samuel Fuller

(Old Man in Pool Hall)

Lloyd Kino

Fox Harris

(Frank the News Vendor)

Rose Wong

(Chinese Laundress)

Liz Roberson

(Lady in the Library)

Jean-François Ferreol

(French Sailor)

Alison Hong

(Young Chinese Girl)

Patricia Kong

(Chinese Girl in Fong's)

Lisa Lu

(Miss Cameron's Assistant)

Andrew Winner

Kenji Shibuya

(Chinese Bouncer)

James Quinn

Mark Anger

(Bartender in Cookies' Bar)

James Devney

(Police Projectionist)

Hank Worden

(Pool Room Attendant)

Christopher Day

(Neighborhood Kid #1)

Ciceley Rush

(Neighborhood Kid #2)

Chris Alcaide

(Man in Boardroom #1)

Ben Breslauer

(Man in Boardroom #2)

James Brodhead

(Man in Boardroom #3)

John Hamilton

(Man in Boardroom #4)

John T. Spiotta

(Man in Boardroom #5)

Ross Thomas

(Man in Boardroom #6)