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* PeriodPiece: The film is set sometime in TheTwenties, before Hammett had really established himself as a writer. The costumes reflect this, although the cinematography is more reminiscent of color films of TheForties.
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* AuthorAvatar: In-universe it's suggested that Sam Spade is this for Hammett. Ryan--himself implied to be the model for the Continental Op--is the character who most often addresses him as Sam (short for "Samuel", which actually was Hammett's first name.)
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* PinkertonDetective: Hammett (again reflecting RealLife) worked for Pinkerton alongside Ryan. This is also how he knows Eli the cab driver (Cook), an old Wobbly whose IWW meetings he used to bust up.
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* {{Expy}}: The main villains from Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 and its [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon source novel]] have their equivalents here. English Eddie Hagedorn (Kinnear) and Winston “The Punk” (Kelly) are stand-ins for Kasper Gutman and Wilmer Cook, respectively, while pornographer Gary Salt (Nance) has Joel Cairo’s look (but not his accent). It’s implied that Hammett bases those characters on these men.
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* {{Expy}}: The main villains from Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941'' and its [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon source novel]] have their equivalents here. English Eddie Hagedorn (Kinnear) and Winston “The Punk” (Kelly) are stand-ins for Kasper Gutman and Wilmer Cook, respectively, while pornographer Gary Salt (Nance) has Joel Cairo’s look (but not his accent). It’s implied that Hammett bases those characters on these men.
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''Hammett'' is a 1982 [[FilmNoir neo-noir]] film directed by Creator/WimWenders and produced by Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] of the same name by Joe Gores. Something of a TroubledProduction, as tended to happen with Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios projects, it was essentially shot twice in its entirety, as distributor Creator/OrionPictures rejected Wenders’s original cut as having too little action.
Drinking heavily and fighting off illness, retired private investigator and fledgling writer Creator/DashiellHammett (Creator/FredericForrest), receives a visit from his old mentor Jimmy Ryan (Creator/PeterBoyle). Boyle wants Hammett’s help in a missing person’s case involving Chinatown prostitute Crystal Ling (Lydia Lei). Aided by his neighbor and lover Kit Conger (Creator/MariluHenner), Hammett launches himself into a case that puts him at odds with both the police and with Crystal’s suave gangster pimp (Michael Chow), and ultimately with some of the richest and most powerful men in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco.
The cast features a slew of characters both old and (then) new, including Creator/RGArmstrong, Creator/JackNance, Creator/DavidPatrickKelly, Creator/RoyKinnear, Creator/ElishaCookJr, Creator/RoyalDano, and Creator/SylviaSidney.
!!Tropes seen in Hammett:
* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: Crystal is the center of a scheme to blackmail some of San Francisco’s richest men, who saw stag films starring her and lined up to have sex with her themselves, unaware they’d be photographed]].
* DissonantLaughter: Hammett consults a doctor about a grisly killing that was ruled a suicide. While giving him the gory details, the doctor breaks down laughing.
* {{Expy}}: The main villains from Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 and its [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon source novel]] have their equivalents here. English Eddie Hagedorn (Kinnear) and Winston “The Punk” (Kelly) are stand-ins for Kasper Gutman and Wilmer Cook, respectively, while pornographer Gary Salt (Nance) has Joel Cairo’s look (but not his accent). It’s implied that Hammett bases those characters on these men.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Crystal’s body is found, beaten beyond recognition. Except it turns out she cooked the evidence and is still alive.]]
* {{Gayngster}}: At the very least English Eddie and his gunsel “The Punk.” This film is slightly more explicit in treating it than was Creator/JohnHuston’s Maltese Falcon.
* HotLibrarian: {{Averted| trope}} with Kit. She’s literally a librarian by trade, but not particularly prim to begin with.
* IntentionalValuesDissonance: Set largely in Chinatown, the word “chink” gets tossed around a lot.
* PeriodPiece: The film is set sometime in TheTwenties, before Hammett had really established himself as a writer. The costumes reflect this, although the cinematography is more reminiscent of color films of TheForties.
* SexyDiscretionShot: Hammett and Kit get frisky after one night of adventures, as acknowledged by her mentioning a “roll in the hay.” By this time he’s dressed and she’s in her housecoat.
* ShaggyDogStory: The lost manuscript that functions as Hammett’s personal McGuffin. He does track it down eventually but [[spoiler: it gets tossed in the water during his final confrontation with Crystal and Ryan. Which doesn’t really matter, since he just sits down at the typewriter and writes something better.]]
Drinking heavily and fighting off illness, retired private investigator and fledgling writer Creator/DashiellHammett (Creator/FredericForrest), receives a visit from his old mentor Jimmy Ryan (Creator/PeterBoyle). Boyle wants Hammett’s help in a missing person’s case involving Chinatown prostitute Crystal Ling (Lydia Lei). Aided by his neighbor and lover Kit Conger (Creator/MariluHenner), Hammett launches himself into a case that puts him at odds with both the police and with Crystal’s suave gangster pimp (Michael Chow), and ultimately with some of the richest and most powerful men in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco.
The cast features a slew of characters both old and (then) new, including Creator/RGArmstrong, Creator/JackNance, Creator/DavidPatrickKelly, Creator/RoyKinnear, Creator/ElishaCookJr, Creator/RoyalDano, and Creator/SylviaSidney.
!!Tropes seen in Hammett:
* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: Crystal is the center of a scheme to blackmail some of San Francisco’s richest men, who saw stag films starring her and lined up to have sex with her themselves, unaware they’d be photographed]].
* DissonantLaughter: Hammett consults a doctor about a grisly killing that was ruled a suicide. While giving him the gory details, the doctor breaks down laughing.
* {{Expy}}: The main villains from Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 and its [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon source novel]] have their equivalents here. English Eddie Hagedorn (Kinnear) and Winston “The Punk” (Kelly) are stand-ins for Kasper Gutman and Wilmer Cook, respectively, while pornographer Gary Salt (Nance) has Joel Cairo’s look (but not his accent). It’s implied that Hammett bases those characters on these men.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Crystal’s body is found, beaten beyond recognition. Except it turns out she cooked the evidence and is still alive.]]
* {{Gayngster}}: At the very least English Eddie and his gunsel “The Punk.” This film is slightly more explicit in treating it than was Creator/JohnHuston’s Maltese Falcon.
* HotLibrarian: {{Averted| trope}} with Kit. She’s literally a librarian by trade, but not particularly prim to begin with.
* IntentionalValuesDissonance: Set largely in Chinatown, the word “chink” gets tossed around a lot.
* PeriodPiece: The film is set sometime in TheTwenties, before Hammett had really established himself as a writer. The costumes reflect this, although the cinematography is more reminiscent of color films of TheForties.
* SexyDiscretionShot: Hammett and Kit get frisky after one night of adventures, as acknowledged by her mentioning a “roll in the hay.” By this time he’s dressed and she’s in her housecoat.
* ShaggyDogStory: The lost manuscript that functions as Hammett’s personal McGuffin. He does track it down eventually but [[spoiler: it gets tossed in the water during his final confrontation with Crystal and Ryan. Which doesn’t really matter, since he just sits down at the typewriter and writes something better.]]
