Dashiell Hammett Movies

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.

On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years,...

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon - and with the people who will stop...

A secret agent goes after the gang that stole the crown jewels of a European monarchy.

Another entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably...

Retired detective Nick Charles and his wife set out to solve a murder mystery after a corpse wearing white gloves is found in a hotel pool.

When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicated in a murder, Ed Beaumont, his friend and...

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is...

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette...

A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.

While doing a friend a favour and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a...

Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the...

American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel.

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.