Hammett

Name: Hammett
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei

Explore Hammett on Accelerated Viewer — cast, details, and an AI quiz you can generate in minutes.

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.

No quiz for Hammett yet — generate a free 45-question quiz across easy, medium, and hard tiers.

Cast & Crew

Director: Wim WendersWriters: Dennis O'Flaherty, Ross ThomasProducers: Don Guest, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Ronald Colby

Frederic Forrest

as Hammett

Peter Boyle

as Jimmy Ryan

Marilu Henner

as Kit Conger / Sue Alabama

Roy Kinnear

as English Eddie Hagedorn

Lydia Lei

as Crystal Ling

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Eli the Taxi Driver

David Patrick Kelly

as The Punk

R.G. Armstrong

as Lt. O'Mara

Create your own quiz, free

Accelerated Viewer turns any movie or TV show into a 45-question AI quiz across easy, medium, and hard tiers. Sign in with a magic link and generate your first quiz in minutes.

Get started free