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| Dash and Lilly | |
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| Written by | Jerry Ludwig |
| Directed by | Kathy Bates |
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| Music by | Laura Karpman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Production location | Toronto |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Editor | Cindy Mollo |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | A&E |
| Release | May 31, 1999 (1999-05-31) |
Dash and Lilly is a 1999 Americanbiographical dramatelevision film about writersDashiell Hammett andLillian Hellman. The film was directed by actressKathy Bates, written by Jerry Ludwig, and starsSam Shepard andJudy Davis. It aired onA&E on May 31, 1999.
The lives ofDashiell Hammett andLillian Hellman are set against the golden era ofHollywood, HUAC and the issue ofMcCarthyism of the 1950s. This intimate look at the lives of two of this century's literary titans follows their tumultuous affair, drinking bouts, career highs and lows, and activities in support of left-wing causes, including Hammett's public avowal of Communism and his membership in the Communist Party and Hellman's sympathies for the Stalinist regime in the Soviet Union before World War II.
Filming took place inToronto.[1]