| Hammett | |
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| Directed by | Wim Wenders |
| Screenplay by | Ross Thomas Dennis O'Flaherty |
| Story by | Thomas Pope |
| Based on | Hammett by Joe Gores |
| Produced by | Ronald Colby Don Guest Fred Roos |
| Starring | Frederic Forrest Peter Boyle Marilu Henner Roy Kinnear |
| Cinematography | Joseph Biroc Philip H. Lathrop[1] |
| Edited by | Janice Hampton Marc Laub Robert Q. Lovett Randy Roberts |
| Music by | John Barry |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7 million[2] |
| Box office | $42,914 |
Hammett is a 1982 American neo-noir[3] 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.[4]
- ^ "Joseph F. Biroc".
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".
- ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Hammett". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.