"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.
Frederic Forrest
Hammett
Peter Boyle
Jimmy Ryan
Marilu Henner
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
Roy Kinnear
English Eddie Hagedorn
Lydia Lei
Crystal Ling
Elisha Cook Jr.
Eli the Taxi Driver
David Patrick Kelly
The Punk
R.G. Armstrong
Lt. O'Mara
Richard Bradford
Detective Bradford
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.
She's a disaster. Hammett is a fictional story about the great writer Dashiell Hammett (played by Frederic Forrest). The story finds the writer retired from the Pinkerton Detectice Agency and nursing bad lungs and a taste for the liquor. When old colleague Jimmy Ryan (Peter Boyle) comes a calling, Hammett finds himself down in Frisco's Chinatown district in it up to his neck in muck and grime. The back story to the production of Hammett is long and disappointing, all of which makes for fascinating reading and available at the click of a mouse. The film we have to view now may not be the one originally envisaged by director Wim Wenders, but on repeat viewings it shows itself to be a very loving homage to the halcyon days of film noir, a film of great technical craft and guile. Though not without issues either... Production value is high, the set design that brings late 1920s Frisco to life is a joy, as is Joseph Biroc's luscious colour photography. John Barry provides a musical score that smoothly floats around the Gin Joints and Alleyways, while costuming is on the money. Cast are led superbly by the under valued Forrest, with Marilu Henner (Biroc lights her so well), Boyle and Lydia Lei striking the requisite film noir chords, while a host of cameos and short order roles will have the keen of eye putting names to the faces from similar films of yesteryear. The story is complex, which is purposely complimented by narration, canted angles, slatted shadows, billowing smoke, and of course a number of venues that all anti-heroic detectives must traverse to unravel the mystery bubbling away under the seamy surface. The problems are evident of course, it's a very uneven picture, the re-writes etc leaving a disappointing mark. It's also like watching a performance at the theatre, akin to watching a play, the predominantly stage bound shoot - and the almost forced delivery of lines - makes it synthetic. But ultimately there's a lot of noir love here, enough to ensure that repeat viewings for those of that persuasion should find themselves rewarded for their time. 7/10
เบ็นและโรสเป็นเด็กจากคนละช่วงเวลาที่ต่างปรารถนาให้ชีวิตเปลี่ยนแปลงไป เบ็นต้องการพ่อที่เขาไม่เคยรู้จัก ในขณะที่โรสใฝ่ฝันถึงชีวิตที่น่าค้นหาของนักแสดงดังเช่นคนที่เธอเก็บเอาไว้ในสมุดภาพ เมื่อเบ็นได้ค้นพบเบาะแสน่าสงสัยในบ้านของเขา และโรสก็ได้อ่านข่าวพาดหัวของหนังสือพิมพ์ เด็กทั้งคู่จึงออกเดินทางเพื่อค้นหาสิ่งที่จะเติมเต็มพวกเขา
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
ชายหนุ่มที่มีอนาคตสดใสประสบอุบัติเหตุที่ใกล้ถึงแก่ชีวิตและสร้างชีวิตใหม่ด้วยความช่วยเหลือจากเพื่อนสัตว์ที่ไม่น่าจะเป็นไปได้
ในมหานครนิวยอร์กช่วงทศวรรษ 1920 ชีวิตของหญิงผิวสีคนหนึ่งต้องพลิกผัน เมื่อเธอได้กลับมาพบกับเพื่อนเก่าสมัยเด็กที่ใช้ชีวิตเป็นชนผิวขาว
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.
เจ้าหน้าที่ระดับสูงของรัสเซียได้แปรพักตร์ไปสหรัฐอเมริกา ซึ่งเขาถูกสัมภาษณ์โดยไมเคิล นอร์ดสตรอม เจ้าหน้าที่ของสหรัฐฯ ผู้แปรพักตร์เปิดเผยว่าเครือข่ายสายลับฝรั่งเศสที่มีรหัสว่า "โทแพซ" ได้ส่งต่อความลับของนาโต้ให้กับรัสเซีย ไมเคิลจึงเรียกเพื่อนชาวฝรั่งเศสของเขาและคู่หู อังเดร เดอเวอโรซ์ มาเปิดโปงสายลับเหล่านี้
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames.