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Status
Released
Release
1999
Runtime
1h 40m
Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled alcoholism.
31 Cast Members
Sam Shepard
Dashiell Hammett
Judy Davis
Lillian Hellman
David Paymer
Arthur Kober
Laurence Luckinbill
Joseph Rauh
Zeljko Ivanek
Mel Berman
Bebe Neuwirth
Dorothy Parker
Alex Fallis
Bing Crosby
Stephanie Morgenstern
Studio Secretary
Bill Martin
Croupier
Barry Flatman
Man on Train
Toby Proctor
Delivery Boy
Maria Syrgiannis
Girl with Hammett
Stephanie Belding
Hospital Receptionist
Boyd Banks
Prison Guard
Ned Eisenberg
Bob Constantine
Barbara Gordon
Society Matron
Marie Dame
"Children's Hour" Actress #1
Sharon Bernbaum
"Children's Hour" Actress #2
Victor A. Young
Harvey Chernoff
Mark Zimmerman
Walter Winchell