
“Can anyone solve the mystery of the mystery writer?”
An independent filmmaker, researching a film about Dashiell Hammett, comes to Baltimore in search of elusive mystery writer Charles David Hammitt, his consultant on the film, who has gone missing.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.