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The Case of Dashiell Hammett (1982)
Directed by Stephen Talbot
Documentary · 1h 00m
A one-hour public television (PBS) biography of Dashiell Hammett, creator of the "hardboiled" modern detective novel and author of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man." It follows Hammett's life from Pinkerton detective in San Francisco to his career as fiction and screen writer, companion of playwright Lillian Hellman, and leftwing political activist. The biography investigates why Hammett stopped writing at the height of his fame.
Cast
Paul Frees
Lyle Talbot
Dashiell Hammett
Lillian Hellman
Crew
- Director
- Stephen Talbot
- Writer
- Stephen Talbot
Details
- Release date
- 1982-10-01
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- KQED