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Dashiell Hammett's The Dain Curse

Drama, Crime, Mystery · 1978

Last aired: S1 E3, Part Three: Quesada · 1978-05-24

Hard-boiled private eye Hamilton Nash is hired to investigate a case of stolen diamonds, which leads him to a lovely and odd young woman named Gabrielle, who believes she has been stricken with the ancient curse of the Dain family, a curse that causes its victims to die prematurely.

Cast

James Coburn Hamilton Nash

Jason Miller Owen Fitzstephans

Jean Simmons Aaronia Haldorn

Paul Stewart The Old Man

Hector Elizondo Ben Feeney

Beatrice Straight Alice Dain Leggett

Season 1

E1 Part One: The Dains 1978-05-22 · 120 min Is there a curse on the Dain family? Detective Hamilton Nash begins to wonder when he investigates a seemingly routine crime.

E2 Part Two: The Temple 1978-05-23 · 128 min Nash travels upstate as the case becomes more bizarre.

E3 Part Three: Quesada 1978-05-24 · 120 min Nash winds up his investigation of "the curse murders" and tries to help Gabrielle kick her addiction to morphine.

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