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22 May 1978 (USA) morePlot:
Private eye investigates diamond theft, and becomes involved with an ancient family curse. full summaryPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win moreUser Comments:
fun mystery more (11 total)Cast
(Series Cast overview, first billed only)| James Coburn | ... | Hamilton Nash | |
| Hector Elizondo | ... | Ben Feeney | |
| Jason Miller | ... | Owen Fitzstephan | |
| Jean Simmons | ... | Aaronia Haldorn | |
| Paul Stewart | ... | The old man | |
| Beatrice Straight | ... | Alice Dain Leggett | |
| Nancy Addison | ... | Gabrielle Leggett | |
| Tom Bower | ... | Sgt. O'Gar | |
| David Canary | ... | Jack Santos | |
| Beeson Carroll | ... | Marshall Cotton | |
| Martin Cassidy | ... | Eric Collinson | |
| Brian Davies | ... | Tom Vernon | |
| Roni Dengel | ... | Daisy Cotton | |
| Paul Harding | ... | Mr. Leggett | |
| Karen Ludwig | ... | Maria Gross |
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360 min | Germany:280 min (4 episodes)Country:
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James Coburn makes a wonderfully playful detective, somewhere between Nick Charles (The Thin Man) and Sam Spade. Like the movies of those characters, this is a complex story: actually 3 smaller mysteries wrapped in a larger one, which creates an odd tempo in the film. Normally a movie ends when the mystery is solved, but this movie keeps going onto another mystery like a rollercoaster. The version I saw was the 144 minute Anchor Bay video, which must have been abridged. This might account for a few scenes which faded inexplicably into others. Aside from that, the movie was quite entertaining. Though I was relieved when the entire mystery was really solved, I wanted to keep watching that wise, older, chivalrous, not-too-world-weary to be heartbroken detective.