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Hammett was the subject of a 1982 prime time PBS biography, The Case of Dashiell Hammett, that won a Peabody Award and a special Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. [58] Frederic Forrest portrayed Hammett semifictionally as the protagonist in the 1982 film Hammett, based on the novel of the same name by Joe Gores.
November 1927 issue of Black Mask, featuring "The Cleansing of Poisonville". The Continental Op is a master of deceit in the exercise of his occupation. In his 1927 Black Mask story "$106,000 Blood Money" the Op is confronted with a dilemma: should he expose a corrupt fellow detective, thereby hurting the reputation of his agency; and should he also allow an informant to collect the $106,000 ...
Hammett is a 1982 American neo-noir [3] mystery film directed by Wim Wenders and executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay was written by Ross Thomas and Dennis O'Flaherty, based on the novel of the same name by Joe Gores .
The characters first appear in Dashiell Hammett's best-selling last novel The Thin Man (1934). Nick is a former private detective of Greek ancestry who retired when he married Nora, a wealthy Nob Hill heiress. Hammett reportedly modeled Nora on his longtime partner Lillian Hellman, [1] and the characters' boozy, flippant dialogue on their ...
The Thin Man (1934) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in a condensed version in the December 1933 issue of Redbook. It appeared in book form the following month. A film series followed, featuring the main characters Nick and Nora Charles, and Hammett was hired to provide scripts for the first two. [1]
Red Harvest is a novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett.The story is narrated by the Continental Op, a frequent character in Hammett's fiction, much of which is drawn from his own experiences as an operative of the Pinkerton Detective Agency (fictionalized as the Continental Detective Agency). [2]
The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue. . The story is told entirely in external third-person narrative; there is no description whatsoever of any character's thoughts or feelings, only what they say and do, and how they l
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937) Night of Mystery (1937) Silver Blaze (1937) Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) Young and Innocent (1937) Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1938) The Lady Vanishes (1938) The Mad Miss Manton (1938) Mr. Moto's ...