Current Affairs: The Case of Dashiell Hammett

Current Affairs: The Case of Dashiell Hammett

Oct. 1, 1982

A one-hour public television (PBS) biography of Dashiell Hammett, creator of the "hardboiled" modern detective novel and author of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man."

Current Affairs: The Case of Dashiell Hammett

Oct. 1, 1982

Current Affairs: The Case of Dashiell Hammett
A one-hour public television (PBS) biography of Dashiell Hammett, creator of the "hardboiled" modern detective novel and author of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man."
Producers
Original title Current Affairs: The Case of Dashiell Hammett
Directors
Writers

Cast

Paul Frees

as Narrator (voice)

Lyle Talbot

as Dashiell Hammett