Hammett

Hammett is an entertaining film noir. Mixing up the real Hammett with his various creations as well as their cinematic renditions, this film tells a neat little mystery tale in late '20s San Francisco. Freddy Forrest does a good job as Hammett (which he would reprise in the 1992 HBO biopic Citizen Cohn). The music by John Williams has just the right moodiness and romanticism that he also infused to a more acute degree in Body Heat. Even if some of Hammett does not make any sense and the characters seem too outrageous to be believed, what of it? Good film noir is sinister melodrama anyway and this is what is delivered in this fine movie. (The Peter Boyle character was originally played by the actor Brian Keith, but because of the start and stop production, Keith was replaced by Boyle. In the finished film, certain long shots actually have footage featuring Keith. That big overcoat and hat, shot from behind make it next to impossible to tell the difference.) 本片改编自Joe Gores推理小说。故事关于一名侦探小说作家汉密特因为职业牵涉到一宗错综复杂的神秘案件中，而对他日后的工作影响深远，汉密特受人之托到旧金山寻找一名名叫“小晶”的失踪中国女孩，结果发现了一连串谋杀的“自杀”案件，在侦探过程中，汉密特几乎丧命，但到了最后，发现凶手居然是……

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