Welcome to a hard-boiled and not without noir blog with news and reviews, occasional outbursts of maniacal Autograph Hound activity, plus archival records from the forty-five year run of The Dashiell Hammett Tour. 
The Dashiell Hammett Tour
1977-2022
Arkham House Ephemera
The Classic Years 1937–1973
Death Lit
Essays and Reviews Selected from Fifty Years of Writing 1974–2024
Willeford
The Book
Tag Archives: Jerry Hill
Sinister Cinema: Hammett
A couple of years back this blog was launched (the blog part — the website itself began in September 2000, as I recall, so we’ve been holding down a noirish corner of the net for quite awhile, in net terms). … Continue reading →
Posted in Dash, Film, Frisco, News
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Tagged "Knives in the Dark", "Mr. Hunt", 1982 Hammett, Bill Blackbeard, Evan Lewis, Francis Ford Coppola, Ha-Ra Bar, House of Shields, Jerry Hill, John's Grill, Richard Jaeckel, Wim Wenders
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Tour: The Maltese Eagle Caper
When I say that the usual Sunday Hammett Tour takes four hours, trust me, I’m not kidding. Four solid hours with one brief break in the middle, and if people ask a lot of questions, make that four hours and … Continue reading →
Posted in Frisco, News, Tour
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Tagged 891 Post, Dwight Frye, Fritz Leiber, Golden Eagle, Ha-Ra Bar, James Flood Building, Jerry Hill, Jo Hammett, John's Grill, Maltese Eagle, Ron Shore, Wyatt Earp
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