Hammett (1982)
Directed by Wim Wenders · Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc
PG97 min62 frames
DramaThriller
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
Stills, screencaps & shots from Hammett
16 of 62 frames — the full set is searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, color and mood with a free account.
Hammett — official trailer
What is Hammett about?
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.
Hammett is a 1982 American neo-noir 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. It stars Frederic Forrest as detective story writer Dashiell Hammett, who gets caught up in a mystery very much like one of his own stories. Marilu Henner plays Hammett's neighbor, Kit Conger, and Peter Boyle plays Jimmy Ryan, an old friend from Hammett's days as a Pinkerton agent. The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
Second paragraph from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where can you watch Hammett?
DarkroomStream
FawesomeFree
YOW.tvFree
Amazon VideoRent
Apple TV StoreRent
Google Play MoviesRent
YouTubeRent
Fandango At HomeRent
US availability for Hammett (1982). Data by JustWatch, listings on TMDB. Availability changes — check the provider for current listings.
Who stars in Hammett?
Who made Hammett?
What does the cinematography of Hammett look like?
Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of Hammett leans on medium shots (61% of the sample) and wide compositions (18%). Cinematographer Joseph F. Biroc keeps 81% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 82% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of Hammett?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Hammett (1982) are #312d2a, #141211, #51514e, #251b16, #47382f, #554737 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
#312d2a#141211#51514e#251b16#47382f#554737
See the full Hammett colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 62 frames of Hammett (1982), and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.
Techniques in this film
More films by Wim Wenders
Cast, trailer and streaming data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.