In a recent post about trade paperbacks, James Rogers wrote
that:
" . . . as a youth working in a bookstore, I "stripped" 100
copies of
the Vintage Books _Dain Curse_. It had been released as a
tie-in with
a Jason Robards television mini-series . . . ."
The 3-part TV-movie version of *The Dain Curse* starred
James Coburn,
not Jason Robards, as the Continental Op. Clearly chosen
less for his
physical resemblance to the character than to the
character's creator,
this connection was heightened by giving the Op a name,
"Hamilton
Nash," which is, of course, "Dashiell Hammett" spelled . . .
uh . . .
sideways . . . sort of. - Jim Doherty
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