Warner Bros. | Release Date: September 17, 1982 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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The picture is an inventory of film noir effects and attitudes, but Wenders has nothing new to say about the style, about the period, about Hammett or about the creative process. The Hammett case can be closed: a case of massive esthetic masturbation. [18 Sep 1982]