 The film includes film clips from many Hollywood movies based on  Hammetts work, and scenes from the Wim Wenders (qv)s film,  _Hammett (1982)_ (qv), which was released at the same time in the  early 1980s. The "voice" of Dashiell Hammett in the documentary is  actor Lyle Talbot (qv), father of the producer and writer  Stephen Talbot (qv).