Watch The Case of Dashiell Hammett Free Online in CoPlay (1982)
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Watch The Case of Dashiell Hammett Free Online in CoPlay (1982)
Release Date
01 Oct, 1982
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01:00: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
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.
Original Title
The Case of Dashiell Hammett
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Paul Frees
Lyle Talbot
Dashiell Hammett
Lillian Hellman
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