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Dashiell Hammett: Detective/Writer

Director(s): Joshua Waletzky
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MPAA Rating: NR
Movie Release: 1999
DVD Release: 10/19/1999
Format: DVD - Black and White
Audio Tracks: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 0 hrs 56 mins
Studio: Fox Lorber
Members Wishing: 0
Genres: History, Language & Literature, Biography, Literary Studies

Synopsis

One of the great 20th Century American literary icons, Dashiell Hammett invented the hard-boiled detective novel and, in the process, elevated the mystery novel to high art. This PBS documentary charts Hammett from his inauspicious beginning as a high school drop-out private detective to his career pinnacle, hobnobbing with movie stars and the cultural elite, to his demise resulting from alcohol in 1961. The film also delves into Hammett's works using ample clips from his most renowned work, The Maltese Falcon. Kathleen Turner narrates. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

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