The Dain Curse

• Director: E.W. Swackhamer
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Detective Film
• Release Year: 1978
• Run Time: 118 minutes

Plot

Dashiell Hammett's money-grubbing detective Hamilton Nash is on the case in this mystery set in 1928. This time he is looking into the suspicious suicide of a prominent millionaire and trying to recover purloined diamonds that are reportedly cursed. This version of the tale was released as five-hour television mini-series. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Hector Elizondo; Jean Simmons; Beatrice Straight; Jason Miller; James Coburn

Credit

John Robert Lloyd - Art Director, Gene Rudolf - Art Director, E.W. Swackhamer - Director, Murray Solomon - Editor, Bob Markell - Executive Producer, Charles Gross - Composer (Music Score), Andrew Laszlo - Cinematographer, William C. Gerrity - Producer, Martin Poll - Producer, Robert W. Lenski - Screenwriter, Dashiell Hammett - Book Author

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