Private eye investigates diamond theft, and becomes involved with an ancient family curse.Private eye investigates diamond theft, and becomes involved with an ancient family curse.Private eye investigates diamond theft, and becomes involved with an ancient family curse.
- Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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- TriviaThere is no character named "Hamilton Nash" in the original novel (nor any other story by Dashiell Hammett). The detective hero of the novel is the unnamed "Continental Op" who features in many Hammett stories, and who is a slightly overweight man of below average height (about 5' 6"). James Coburn plays an operative of the Continental Detective agency, but there the resemblance ends. Coburn is made up to resemble the author Dashiell Hammett.
- Alternate versionsThe production produced both a feature length cut and mini-series versions of the story. The mini-series was made first for television then a feature length cut was produced for home video.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978)
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LONG, but d hammett fans will dig it
An odd collection of stars.. brent spiner from star trek. Jean simmons, star of a thousand old movies. James coburn, who has made films in every genre. Jason miller, who was father karras in excorcist. This started as a miniseries, shown over several nights, but is currently on tubi streaming channel, and clocks in at three hours. When ham nash, private eye, is hired to recover stolen diamonds, we go on a grand adventure. With some dead bodies. And addiction. And cults. Bombings. A little of everything! It rambles here and there, similar to the big sleep, but even the rambling is fun to watch. It's a murder mystery, broken into three parts. And no, it really didn't need to be this long; it easily could have been two, maybe two and a half hours. Lots of jazz, in between the action. Long pauses. There seemed to be some slow motion here and there. And if you're wondering why dain is spelled that way, it's someone's name. I'm a huge hammett fan, so i found it entertaining. Some might find the story too slow, but it all gets wrapped up neatly by the end.
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- Dashiell Hammett's The Dain Curse
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- Easton, Pennsylvania, USA(interiors)
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