Directed by Wim Wenders | Starring: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear

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.

IMDb Hammett movie posters