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