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San Francisco, 1928. Dashiel Hammett, a former detective of the Pinkerton Agency, in his thirties, is a tuberculous drunkard who barely survives writing detective stories. An old colleague, Jimmy Ryan comes to visit him - he needs Dashiell's help to solve the case of Crystal Ling, a Chinese girl who mysteriously disappeared..

Hammett finds himself once more in the streets of Chinatown, on a complicated job involving politicians, corrupt police officers, false friends and false corpses. Only his detective instinct will enable him to survive - all the more disillusioned, he will go back to his typewriter.

Director:

Win Wenders [1],

Starring:

Frederick Forrest [4], Marilu Henner [13], Roy Kinnear [5], Peter Boyle [70],

Screen Formats:

1.78:1

Language and Sound:

English Dolby Digital Stereo

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