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Synopsis
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.
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film noir · pulp fiction writing · private detective · 1920s San Francisco · redemption through mystery
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