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Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett (pronounced [dəˈʃiːl]; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), the newspaper comic strip...
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The Thin Man

The Thin Man (1934) was the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they solve crimes with ease. Nick is a hard drinking retired detective...

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  • 1934

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Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

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Watch on the Rhine

Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 American drama film directed by Herman Shumlin. The screenplay by Dashiell Hammett is based on the 1941 play of the same title by Lillian Helman. In 1940, German-born engineer Kurt Muller, his American wife Sara, and...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 27, 1943

Runtime:

  • 114 min (68.4 hs )

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After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, and James Stewart, is the 1936 sequel to the film The Thin Man. The movie presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett's characters Nick and Nora Charles. The film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke...

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  • 1936

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Runtime:

  • 113 min (67.8 hs )

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Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man is the fourth of the six Thin Man films. Released in 1941, it was directed by W. S. Van Dyke, and stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles. Also, in this film their son Nick Jr. (Dickie Hall) is old enough...

Initial release date:

  • 1941

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Runtime:

  • 97 min (58 hs )

The Glass Key

The Glass Key is a novel by Dashiell Hammett, said to be his favorite among his works. It was first published in 1931, and tells the story of gambler and racketeer Ned Beaumont, whose devotion to crooked political boss Paul Madvig leads him to...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 14, 1942

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

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No Good Deed

No Good Deed is a 2002 drama film/thriller film, directed by Bob Rafelson. It starred Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård and Doug Hutchison. The screenplay by Christopher Cannan and Steve Barancik is based on the short story The...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 12, 2003

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Runtime:

  • 97 min (58 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 12,000,000 (US$)

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American Warner Bros. film based on novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. Written and directed by John Huston, the movie stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade, Mary Astor as his femme fatale...

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  • 1941

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Runtime:

  • 101 min (60.6 hs )

The Glass Key

The Glass Key is the first of two film adaptations of the classic suspense novel The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett. The film was released in 1935 featuring George Raft, Edward Arnold and Claire Dodd, and directed by Frank Tuttle. The film was remade...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 15, 1935

Runtime:

  • 80 min (48 hs )

City Streets

City Streets is a 1931 film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas and Guy Kibbee. Nan Cooley, the daughter of racketeer Pop Cooley, is in love with The Kid, a shooting gallery showman. She tries to urge him...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 18, 1931

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Runtime:

  • 83 min (50 hs )

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