Detective Dashiell Hammett thought that he had left his old life behind when he retired to become a writer. But when his ex-boss brings him on for one last case, Dashiell becomes the target of a deadly crime ring that involves the police. Academy Award nominee Frederic Forrest, Marilu Henner (TV's Taxi) and Peter Boyle (TV's Everybody Loves Raymond) star in this suspense thriller that takes you from the back alleys of Chinatown to the bedrooms of the San Francisco elite.