
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.
Cast

Sam Shepard
Dashiell Hammett

Judy Davis
Lillian Hellman

David Paymer
Arthur Kober

Laurence Luckinbill
Joseph Rauh

Zeljko Ivanek
Mel Berman

Bebe Neuwirth
Dorothy Parker
Alex Fallis
Bing Crosby

Stephanie Morgenstern
Studio Secretary
Bill Martin
Croupier

Barry Flatman
Man on Train
Toby Proctor
Delivery Boy

Maria Syrgiannis
Girl with Hammett

Stephanie Belding
Hospital Receptionist

Boyd Banks
Prison Guard

Ned Eisenberg
Bob Constantine

Barbara Gordon
Society Matron

Marie Dame
"Children's Hour" Actress #1
Sharon Bernbaum
"Children's Hour" Actress #2

Victor A. Young
Harvey Chernoff

Mark Zimmerman
Walter Winchell
Mark Ellis
Hollis
J. Craig Sandy
FBI Agent
Bob Land
Waiter

Paul Miller
Man at Airport

Roman Podhora
Chief FBI Agent

Ken Kramer
New York Lawyer
Peter Langley
HUAC Chairman
David Crean
HUAC Chief Counsel
Robert Buck
HUAC Committee Member
Yank Azman
Doctor
Caitriona Murphy
Nurse
Crew

Kathy Bates
Director
Jerrold L. Ludwig
Writer, Producer
Cindy Mollo
Editor
Bruce Surtees
Director of Photography

Delia Fine
Executive Producer
Stan Margulies
Executive Producer
Antony Root
Executive Producer
Craig McNeil
Producer
Carol Spier
Production Design
Olivia Harris
Casting
Phyllis Huffman
Casting
Nic Ede
Costume Design

Laura Karpman
Original Music Composer
Jeffrey Butler
Set Decoration
Elinor Rose Galbraith
Art Direction
David Craig
Supervising Producer



















