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The Case of Dashiell Hammett

Plot: 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 detective in San Francisco to his career as fiction and screen writer, companion of playwright Lillian Hellman, and leftwing political activist
Release Date: Friday, October 1 1982
42 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Paul FreesPaul Frees. Paul Frees was 62 in The Case of Dashiell Hammett as 'Narrator (voice)'.
Birthday: Tue, Jun 22 1920 –
Died: Sun, Nov 02 1986
Portrait of Lyle TalbotLyle Talbot. Lyle Talbot was 80 in The Case of Dashiell Hammett as 'Dashiell Hammett'.
Birthday: Sat, Feb 08 1902 –
Died: Sat, Mar 02 1996
Portrait of Dashiell HammettDashiell Hammett. Dashiell Hammett would have been no older than 66 in The Case of Dashiell Hammett
Birthday: Sun, May 27 1894 –
Died: Tue, Jan 10 1961
Portrait of Lillian HellmanLillian Hellman. Lillian Hellman was 77 in The Case of Dashiell Hammett
Birthday: Tue, Jun 20 1905 –
Died: Sat, Jun 30 1984

Crew

Portrait of Stephen TalbotStephen Talbot. Stephen Talbot was >> in The Case of Dashiell Hammett as 'Director, Writer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday