{"id":93641,"date":"2023-12-02T20:37:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T03:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93641"},"modified":"2023-12-03T10:29:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T17:29:58","slug":"hammett-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93641","title":{"rendered":"Hammett (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Go home and type, Hammett.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Poster-192x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-93642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Poster-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Poster-82x128.png 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Poster-173x270.png 173w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Poster.png 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1920s San Francisco, former-detective-turned-writer (Frederic Forrest) is lured by his friend (Peter Boyle) into exploring a case involving a mysterious Chinese prostitute (Lydia Lei), receiving help from both his neighbor (Marilu Henner) and a cabbie (Elisha Cook, Jr.).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Elisha Cook, Jr. Films<\/li>\n<li>Frederic Forrest Films<\/li>\n<li>Peter Boyle Films<\/li>\n<li>Prostitutes and Gigolos<\/li>\n<li>Sylvia Sidney Films<\/li>\n<li>Wim Wenders Films<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFrancis Ford Coppola executive-produced this <em>neo-noir<\/em> by German director Wim Wenders &#8212; fairly fresh off of his success with helming <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85363\"><em>The American Friend<\/em> (1977)<\/a> &#8212; whose production history was legendarily challenging, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085640\/trivia\/?item=tr0616056&#038;ref_=ext_shr_lnk\">entire first draft (co-starring a couple of different key actors) scrapped in favor of this version<\/a>. As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/07\/01\/movies\/wim-wender-s-hammett.html\">Vincent Canby in his review for <em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Hammett<\/em>, the first major American movie by Wim Wenders, the sometimes excellent German director&#8230; isn&#8217;t quite the mess one might expect, considering the length of time it&#8217;s been in production and the number of people who seem to have contributed to it. It&#8217;s not ever boring, but heaven only knows what it&#8217;s supposed to be about or why it was made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, this is a good question. The film &#8212; based on a 1975 novel of the same name by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Gores\">Joe Gores<\/a> &#8212; is beautifully produced, and one definitely feels the filmmakers&#8217; devotion to recreating an overall ambience meant to be evocative of Hammett&#8217;s detective novels.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Office.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Office-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Office-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Office-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Office-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Office-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Office-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Office.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re clearly meant to understand that Hammett took inspiration from his earlier work for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)\">Pinkerton National Detective Agency<\/a> to fuel his own narratives: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Imagining2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Imagining2-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Imagining2-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Imagining2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Imagining2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Imagining2-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Imagining2-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Imagining2.png 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and there are obvious parallels in the story told here with <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5698\"><em>The Maltese Falcon<\/em><\/a>, including motifs like the falcon itself serving as the base of his writing-desk lamp: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Desk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Desk-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Desk-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Desk-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Desk-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Desk-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Desk-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Desk-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Desk.png 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; as well as the inclusion of a portly older Englishman (Roy Kinnear) playing a crucial role later in the story: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Kinnear.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Kinnear-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Kinnear-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Kinnear-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Kinnear-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Kinnear-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Kinnear-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Kinnear-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Kinnear.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and a significant cameo by Elisha Cook, Jr. (in his final role) playing a cabbie named Eli. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Cook-Jr-Gun.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Cook-Jr-Gun-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Cook-Jr-Gun-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Cook-Jr-Gun-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Cook-Jr-Gun-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Cook-Jr-Gun-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Cook-Jr-Gun-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Cook-Jr-Gun.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there is nearly non-stop drinking and smoking (Hammett was an alcoholic): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Forrest4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Forrest4-1024x560.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Forrest4-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Forrest4-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Forrest4-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Forrest4-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Forrest4-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Forrest4.png 1282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a hard-boiled, sexy dame (Henner): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Henner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Henner-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Henner-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Henner-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Henner-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Henner-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Henner-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Henner.png 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and plenty of back-stabbing intrigue (alongside blatant Orientalizing). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fong.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fong-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fong-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fong-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fong-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fong-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fong-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fong.png 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Lei.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Lei-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Lei-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Lei-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Lei-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Lei-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Lei-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Lei.png 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most film fanatics will know &#8212; simply from watching <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=27076\"><em>Julia<\/em> (1977)<\/a>, if for no other reason &#8212; that Hammett had a years-long affair with playwright Lillian Hellman and helped her with her work; and his later-life involvement in Leftist politics &#8212; chronicled in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0171214\/\">1999 TV drama <em>Dash and Lilly<\/em><\/a> (co-starring Sam Shepard and Judy Davis) &#8212; is likewise not touched upon here at all. This is strictly, as noted in the opening title card: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230; an entirely imaginary story about the writer Samuel Dashiell Hammett who&#8230; in the words of one of his most gifted contemporaries [Raymond Chandler]&#8230; helped get murder out of the Vicar&#8217;s rose garden and back to the people who are really good at it. The detective story has not been the same since.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch for brief appearances by Sylvia Sidney: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Sylvia-Sydney.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Sylvia-Sydney-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Sylvia-Sydney-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Sylvia-Sydney-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Sylvia-Sydney-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Sylvia-Sydney-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Sylvia-Sydney-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Sylvia-Sydney.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Royal Dano: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Dano.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Dano-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Dano-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Dano-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Dano-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Dano-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Dano-490x270.png 490w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Dano.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Sam Fuller. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fuller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fuller-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fuller-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fuller-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fuller-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fuller-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fuller-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Fuller.png 1286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph Biroc&#8217;s highly atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shadow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shadow-1024x549.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shadow-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shadow-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shadow-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shadow-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shadow-503x270.png 503w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shadow.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shot-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shot-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shot-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shot-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shot-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shot-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shot-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hammett-Shot.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Barry&#8217;s jazzy score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly worth a look. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085640\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1798hamm.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/07\/01\/movies\/wim-wender-s-hammett.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6454&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/hammett\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Go home and type, Hammett.&#8221; Synopsis: In 1920s San Francisco, former-detective-turned-writer (Frederic Forrest) is lured by his friend (Peter Boyle) into exploring a case involving a mysterious Chinese prostitute (Lydia Lei), receiving help from both his neighbor (Marilu Henner) and a cabbie (Elisha Cook, Jr.). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Detectives and Private Eyes Elisha Cook, Jr. Films Frederic Forrest Films Peter Boyle Films Prostitutes and Gigolos Sylvia Sidney Films Wim Wenders Films Writers Review: Francis Ford Coppola executive-produced this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93641\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Go home and type, Hammett.&quot; Synopsis: In 1920s San Francisco, former-detective-turned-writer (Frederic Forrest) is lured by his friend (Peter Boyle) into exploring a case involving a mysterious Chinese prostitute (Lydia Lei), receiving help from both his neighbor (Marilu Henner) and a cabbie (Elisha Cook, Jr.). 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