The Dain Curse (1978) directed by E.W. Swackhamer The Dain Curse was a miniseries based on a Dashiell Hammett private eye novel. Clearly it was never going to live up to Huston, but unfortunately The Dain The Dain Curse [DVD] : James Coburn, Hector Elizondo The Dain Curse [DVD] ; Description. Private investigator Hamilton Nash is given the task of finding stolen diamonds believed to bring premature death to those #727: The Dain Curse (1929) by Dashiell Hammett | The Hammett's second novel, his famous family slaughter saga, The Dain Curse. Less viscerally organic than his first crime tale, Red Harvest (1929), it is also, in The Dain Curse: 9780679722601: Hammett, Dashiell: Books The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases, and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense. About the Author. Dashiell Samuel Hammett was The Dain Curse The Dain Curse is a novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, published in 1929. Before its publication in book form, it was serialized in Black Mask The Dain Curse (TV Mini Series 1978) Is there a curse on the Dain family? Detective Hamilton Nash begins to wonder when he investigates a seemingly routine crime. 6.9/10 The Dain Curse A 1920s private eye is on the case of a deadly family curse. Based on the Dashiell Hammett novel. The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense. See More. About The Dain Curse. The Dain Curse (TV Mini Series 1978) - User reviews "The Dain Curse" was one of Dashiell Hammett's most convoluted detective stories and one of his best, ranking with "The Matese Falcon" and "The Thin Man". It