The film includes film clips from many Hollywood movies based on Hammett's work, and scenes from the Wim Wenders's film, Hammett: indagine a Chinatown (1982), which was released at the same time in the early 1980s. The "voice" of Dashiell Hammett in the documentary is actor Lyle Talbot, father of the producer and writer 'Stephen Talbot'.
"The Case of Dashiell Hammett" was a much-praised and highly-rated PBS documentary, which won a George Foster Peabody Award and a special "Edgar" (Edgar Allan Poe) Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
"The Case of Dashiell Hammett" is narrated by Paul Frees, "the man of a thousand voices."
Writer and producer Stephen Talbot named his son, Dashiell, after Dashiell Hammett.
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What was the official certification given to The Case of Dashiell Hammett (1982) in the United States?
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