The Case of Dashiell Hammett

6.5 1982 60 min
Documentary

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 detect…

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Stephen Talbot
Writer
Stephen Talbot

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Paul Frees Narrator (voice)
Lyle Talbot Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett
Lillian Hellman

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