The Dain Curse

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The Dain Curse is a 1929 hardboiled detective novel by Dashiell Hammett featuring the Continental Op as he investigates a series of bizarre, seemingly supernatural crimes surrounding a wealthy, ill-fated family.

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instanceOf hardboiled detective novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationDirector E.W. Swackhamer ⓘ
adaptationFormat television miniseries ⓘ
adaptationNetwork CBS ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 1978 ⓘ
adaptationStarred James Coburn ⓘ
adaptedAs The Dain Curse (1978 miniseries) ⓘ
linked to: The Dain Curse
author Dashiell Hammett ⓘ
centralCharacter Gabrielle Leggett ⓘ
containsElement cult rituals ⓘ
locked-room mystery ⓘ
murder mystery ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era Golden Age of detective fiction ⓘ
featuresCharacter Continental Op ⓘ
linked to: The Continental Op
firstPublicationForm serial ⓘ
followedBy The Maltese Falcon ⓘ
hasFamilyAtCenter Dain family ⓘ
hasSupernaturalAppearance yes ⓘ
hasTheme crime investigation ⓘ
deception ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ
family curse ⓘ
religious cults ⓘ
supernatural ambiguity ⓘ
includedIn Dashiell Hammett collected works ⓘ
linked to: Dashiell Hammett
language English ⓘ
literaryGenre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement hardboiled school ⓘ
mainCharacter Continental Op ⓘ
linked to: The Continental Op
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor early example of hardboiled detective fiction ⓘ
use of a nameless detective narrator ⓘ
originalPublisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
plotDevice supposed family curse ⓘ
precededBy Red Harvest ⓘ
protagonistOccupation private detective ⓘ
publicationYear 1929 ⓘ
publisherCategory American crime novel ⓘ
series Continental Op stories ⓘ
setInCountry United States ⓘ
style hardboiled prose ⓘ
supernaturalExplainedNaturalistically yes ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1920s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dashiell Hammett → notableWork → The Dain Curse ⓘ
Jeff Bleckner → notableWork → The Dain Curse (miniseries) ⓘ
linked to: The Dain Curse
Frank Converse → notableWork → The Dain Curse ⓘ
The Dain Curse → adaptedAs → The Dain Curse (1978 miniseries) ⓘ
linked to: The Dain Curse
The Continental Op → appearsInWork → The Dain Curse ⓘ