
100 minutes
5/31/1999
Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled alcoholism.

Sam Shepard
as Dashiell Hammett

Judy Davis
as Lillian Hellman

David Paymer
as Arthur Kober

Laurence Luckinbill
as Joseph Rauh

Zeljko Ivanek
as Mel Berman

Bebe Neuwirth
as Dorothy Parker
Alex Fallis
as Bing Crosby

Stephanie Morgenstern
as Studio Secretary
Bill Martin
as Croupier

Barry Flatman
as Man on Train
Toby Proctor
as Delivery Boy

Maria Syrgiannis
as Girl with Hammett

Stephanie Belding
as Hospital Receptionist

Boyd Banks
as Prison Guard

Ned Eisenberg
as Bob Constantine

Barbara Gordon
as Society Matron

Marie Dame
as "Children's Hour" Actress #1
Sharon Bernbaum
as "Children's Hour" Actress #2

Victor A. Young
as Harvey Chernoff

Mark Zimmerman
as Walter Winchell
Mark Ellis
as Hollis
J. Craig Sandy
as FBI Agent
Bob Land
as Waiter

Paul Miller
as Man at Airport

Roman Podhora
as Chief FBI Agent

Ken Kramer
as New York Lawyer
Peter Langley
as HUAC Chairman
David Crean
as HUAC Chief Counsel
Robert Buck
as HUAC Committee Member
Yank Azman
as Doctor
Caitriona Murphy
as Nurse