Source author · Writer · 1894 to 1961

Dashiell Hammett

Best rated (source author): The Maltese Falcon (7.7)

Source author films: 11
Source author avg: 6.70
Peak run: 1941’47
7+ run: 2 films

Source author films: 11
Source author avg: 6.70
Peak run: 1941’47
7+ run: 2 films

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Source author films, by TMDB rating

The career

Dashiell Hammett, source author career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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Dashiell Hammett's career barcodecoolhot

193111 films2002

Current formLast 5: 6.58 vs career 6.70 (−0.12)

As a source author, films with 25+ votes

Dashiell by the numbers

Average

6.70

9 rated films

Vote weighted

6.79

bigger films count more

Median

6.7

half are better

Consistency

±0.75

rating spread

Career

72y

1931 to 2002

Total votes

3.33K

across every film

Best

7.7

The Maltese Falcon

Worst

5.4

No Good Deed

Newest first

Filmography

Source author filmography

2002	No Good Deed	5.4	224
1975	The Black Bird	·	10
1947	Song of the Thin Man	6.7	107
1944	The Thin Man Goes Home	7.1	111
1942	The Glass Key	6.7	135
1941	Shadow of the Thin Man	7.0	126
1941	The Maltese Falcon	7.7	1,955
1936	Satan Met a Lady	5.8	34
1935	The Glass Key	·	15
1934	The Thin Man	7.5	560
1931	The Maltese Falcon	6.4	55

Better together?

Dashiell Hammett's regulars

W.S. Van DykeWriter · 2 films · 7.24 avg▲+0.31

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: W.S. Van Dyke and Dashiell Hammett movies

Takes

On Dashiell Hammett

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1944
Dashiell Hammett
Nominated