Dash and Lilly
Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled the bottle. Dashiell served in both World wars, but in the 1950's, he was branded a Communist and cast into prison during the McCarthy witch hunts. Hellman likewise was branded a Communist, but was kept out of prison. Neither were able to work, requiring Lillian to take a job as a sales-woman in a boutique while Dashiell suffered from tuberculosis and eventually lung cancer. Bebe Neuwirth also appears as socialite-writer Dorothy Parker.
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Screenplay
Cast
Sam Shepard
Dashiell Hammett
Judy Davis
Lillian Hellman
Bebe Neuwirth
Dorothy Parker
Laurence Luckinbill
Joseph Rauh, Lillian's Attorney
David Paymer
Arthur Kober, Lillian's Husband
Zeljko Ivanek
Mel Berman (writer)
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Ned Eisenberg
Bob Constantine
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Mark Zimmerman
Walter Winchell
Victor A. Young
Harvey Chernoff, Theatrical Producer
Stephanie Morgenstern
Studio Secretary
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Laura Karpman
Composer
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Bruce Surtees
Cinematographer