A Dashiell Hammett Film Festival
The Methodist University Theatre Department
Presents
A
Dashiell Hammett
Film Festival
In support of The Friends of the Cumberland County Public Library and
Information Center’s “Big Read” look at Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon
All films will be shown in Reeves Auditorium on the Methodist University campus.
Call 630-7105 for more information.
DASH AND LILLY (1999)
Directed by Kathy Bates.
Starring Sam Shepard as Dashiell
Hammett and Judy Davis as his
longtime companion playwright
Lillian Hellman -- Hammett wrote
The Thin Man based largely on
their relationship.
Thursday, October 2 at 8:00
HAMMETT (1982)
Directed by Wim Wenders.
Starring Frederick Forrest as
Hammett and Peter Boyle as his
gumshoe nemesis Jimmy Ryan. A
fictionalized look at Hammett’s
real career as a Pinkerton
detective in the 1920’s.
Friday, October 3 at 8:00
YOJIMBO (1961)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Toshiro Mifune stars in this
tongue-in-cheek samurai epic
based on Hammett’s Red Harvest.
The same story was later used in
A Fistful of Dollars and Last
Man Standing.
Saturday, October 4 at 8:00
THE THIN MAN (1934)
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
Based on Hammett’s novel.
Starring William Powell and
Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora
Charles, a former detective and
his rich wife who seem to solve
crimes just for the sheer fun of
it.
Sunday, October 5, at 2:00
