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This is the first television biography of
San Francisco's most famous and enigmatic mystery writer. It combines
original research, interviews, literary
criticism, and dramatic readings of
Hammett's “hardboiled” detective
fiction.
It explores Hammett's life and work
from his early days as a Pinkerton
detective, to his relationship with play-
wright Lillian Hellman and his black-
listing during the McCarthy period.