Hammett

Overview

Set in the gritty backdrop of San Francisco's Chinatown in 1928, Dashiell Hammett, a once-renowned private eye turned pulp fiction writer, grapples with his alcoholism and health struggles due to tuberculosis. His quiet life is disrupted when an old friend seeks his expertise to tackle a mysterious case. As Hammett reluctantly immerses himself in the investigation, the lines between his fictional creations and reality blur, revealing the darker undercurrents of the world he thought he left behind.