Hammett
1982
**
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, R.G. Armstrong
A fictionalised film noir pastiche about crime writer Dashiel Hammett. With first rate costumes, cinematography and production design, the film is visually impressive but dull and confusing. It was allegedly directed in parts by its producer Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Joe Gores.
