Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Hammett end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More violent than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Hammett easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Hammett

Name: Hammett
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1982
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Lydia Lei

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

Directed by Wim Wenders

Produced by American Zoetrope

198298 min6.2 / 10

A noir-inflected drama about a struggling crime writer drawn into a real mystery in 1920s San Francisco, blending his fictional world with lived danger.

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.

Clusters

Romantic Psychological Thrillers American City Movies Urban and Small-Town Settings Film Genres and Movements Writers And Writing

Genres

Drama Thriller

Keywords

Based On Novel Or Book San Francisco, California Chinatown Historical Figure Femme Fatale Neo-noir 1920s Crime Fiction Writer Semi-fiction

Questions people ask

Is Hammett sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Does Hammett end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.
Is Hammett scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.
Is Hammett violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.
Is Hammett easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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