The Case of Dashiell Hammett Cast and Crew

The Case of Dashiell Hammett

Plot: A one-hour public television (PBS) biography of Dashiell Hammett, creator of the "hardboiled" modern detective novel and author of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man. " It follows Hammett's life from Pinkerton detective in San Francisco to his career as fiction and screen writer, companion of playwright Lillian Hellman, and leftwing political activist

Release Date: Friday, October 1 1982
42 years ago

Genres: Documentary

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Cast

Paul Frees. Paul Frees was 62 in The Case of Dashiell Hammett as 'Narrator (voice)'.

Birthday: Tue, Jun 22 1920 –
Died: Sun, Nov 02 1986

Lyle Talbot. Lyle Talbot was 80 in The Case of Dashiell Hammett as 'Dashiell Hammett'.

Birthday: Sat, Feb 08 1902 –
Died: Sat, Mar 02 1996

Dashiell Hammett. Dashiell Hammett would have been no older than 66 in The Case of Dashiell Hammett

Birthday: Sun, May 27 1894 –
Died: Tue, Jan 10 1961

Lillian Hellman. Lillian Hellman was 77 in The Case of Dashiell Hammett

Birthday: Tue, Jun 20 1905 –
Died: Sat, Jun 30 1984

Crew

Stephen Talbot. Stephen Talbot was >> in The Case of Dashiell Hammett as 'Director, Writer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday