Summary 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 the bottle. Dashiell served in both World wars, but in the 1950's, he was branded a Communist and cast into prison during the McCarthy witch hunts. Hellman likewise was branded a Communist, but was kept out of prison. Neither were able to work, requiring Lillian to take a job as a sales-woman in a boutique while Dashiell suffered from tuberculosis and eventually lung cancer. Bebe Neuwirth also appears as socialite-writer Dorothy Parker. View more details
Directed : Kathy Bates
Written : Jerry Ludwig
Stars : Judy Davis Sam Shepard Laurence Luckinbill Bebe Neuwirth
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 30, 1999
Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies : A+E Networks The Stan Margolies Company Granada Media
Summary 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 the bottle. Dashiell served in both World wars, but in the 1950's, he was branded a Communist and cast into prison during the McCarthy witch hunts. Hellman likewise was branded a Communist, but was kept out of prison. Neither were able to work, requiring Lillian to take a job as a sales-woman in a boutique while Dashiell suffered from tuberculosis and eventually lung cancer. Bebe Neuwirth also appears as socialite-writer Dorothy Parker. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 30, 1999
Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies : A+E Networks The Stan Margolies Company Granada Media
