Hammett
1982 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 3,859 VOTES · DIR. Wim Wenders
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,082 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:31 Jesus.
00:08:02 - James Francis Xavier Ryan. - Himself.
00:10:54 and the old guy takes a slug in the shoulder
00:13:45 Looks like I taught you something after all.
00:17:49 Her name's Crystal Ling.
00:21:03 Excuse me.
00:24:26 Jimmy?
00:31:47 Lee, where would you go in Chinatown
00:34:45 The guy had a fancy tan topcoat.
00:39:22 Yeah, I bet you would, at that.
00:43:15 I wanna see Fong. I'll be at the blackjack table.
00:47:38 You gonna be able to cut it, laddiebuck?
00:53:26 about the dictionary and go from there.
00:56:56 You've been nosing around about her, Samuel, you got us curious.
01:02:06 - Warning to do what? - Lay off.
01:05:45 She had eyes too close for trusting, yet wide enough for beauty.
01:09:11 Real soon. I'm gonna take you
01:13:20 I fear you have the advantage over me. Truly, sir, I do.
01:15:44 Oh, dear.
01:19:01 Railroads. Grandpa's railroads, if I remember right.
01:21:29 And me. And that's what I wanna know, why me?
01:25:44 Put the valise down and open it.
01:28:27 I still don't like it. Needs a better ending.
95:01:00 Ready or not, here I come.
Cast & Characters
Frederic Forrest
Hammett
Peter Boyle
Jimmy Ryan
Marilu Henner
Kit Conger
Marilu Henner
Sue Alabama
Roy Kinnear
English Eddie Hagedorn
Elisha Cook Jr.
Eli the Taxi Driver
Lydia Lei
Crystal Ling
R.G. Armstrong
Lt. O'Mara
Richard Bradford
Detective Bradford
Michael Chow
Fong Wei Tau
David Patrick Kelly
The Punk
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,082
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:03:31
Final line95:01:00
Production Record
DirectorWim Wenders
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,859