Red Harvest Resources

Websites

Dashing Dashiell's Background

Here's some handy dandy background info about Dash that also serves as the basis for a PBS episodes on Hammett in the "American Masters" series.

Need Some References?

This decent online resource provides bibliography information on Hammett and his major works

Movie or TV Productions

Roadhouse Nights

This 1930 gangster film was very loosely based on Red Harvest.

Yojimbo

The plot of this 1961 Japanese film, directed by Akira Kurosawa, was influenced by Hammett's Red Harvest.

The Dollars Trilogy

Clint Eastwood plays the Op-inspired "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy.

Images

Red Harvest Book Cover

Who doesn't love a good vintage book cover? This one is from the 1943 edition of Red Harvest.

The Dapper Dash…

… in his signature white fedora.