

"He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it."
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.
Hammett

Jimmy Ryan

Kit Conger / Sue Alabama

English Eddie Hagedorn

Crystal Ling

Eli the Taxi Driver

The Punk

Lt. O'Mara

Detective Bradford

Gary Salt

Fong Wei Tau

Donaldina Cameron

Doc Fallon
Pops

Old Man in Pool Hall

Barber

Frank the News Vendor

Chinese Laundress
Lady in the Library
French Sailor
Young Chinese Girl
Chinese Girl in Fong's
Miss Cameron's Assistant

Bank Guard
Chinese Bouncer
Fong's Guard
Bartender in Cookies' Bar
Police Projectionist
Pool Room Attendant

Neighborhood Kid #1
Neighborhood Kid #2
Man in Boardroom #1

Man in Boardroom #2
Man in Boardroom #3
Man in Boardroom #4
Man in Boardroom #5
Man in Boardroom #6
