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.
as Hammett
as Jimmy Ryan
as Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
as English Eddie Hagedorn
as Crystal Ling
as Eli the Taxi Driver
as The Punk
as Lt. O'Mara
as Detective Bradford
as Gary Salt
as Fong Wei Tau
as Donaldina Cameron
as Doc Fallon
as Pops
as Old Man in Pool Hall
as Barber
as Frank the News Vendor
as Chinese Laundress
as Lady in the Library
as French Sailor
as Young Chinese Girl
as Chinese Girl in Fong's
as Miss Cameron's Assistant
as Bank Guard
as Chinese Bouncer
as Fong's Guard
as Bartender in Cookies' Bar
as Police Projectionist
as Pool Room Attendant
as Neighborhood Kid #1
as Neighborhood Kid #2
as Man in Boardroom #1
as Man in Boardroom #2
as Man in Boardroom #3
as Man in Boardroom #4
as Man in Boardroom #5
as Man in Boardroom #6
