> Dave,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> > Dain Curse (like all Hammett books + stories)
is
> > terrific. The made for
> > TV movie had probably the worst casting
possible -
> > James Coburn as the
> > Continental Op.
>
> I understand your objections, but, on blaance, I
don't
> think I agree. Despite the physical description
given
> of the Op, he, like most of Hammett's
protagonists,
> always struck me as a self-portrait. Given
that,
> casting an actor for his resemblance to Hammett,
and
> giveng him a name, "Hamilton Nash," that
deliberately
> evokes Hammett's seems quite appropriate.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
I understood that the Op was modelled on a colleague of
Hammett's at the Pinkerton agency, physical description and
all.
Rene
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