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IMDB ID: tt0085640

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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

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Peter Boyle

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Marilu Henner

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Roy Kinnear

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Lydia Lei

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Elisha Cook Jr.

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David Patrick Kelly

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R.G. Armstrong

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Richard Bradford

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Jack Nance

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Wim Wenders

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Dennis O'Flaherty

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Ross Thomas

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Joe Gores

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Thomas Pope

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