Mystery ·Crime · Germany · 1961 · 1h 34m

The Devil's Daffodil

Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen

Director

Cast

Joachim Fuchsberger as Jack Tarling Sabine Sesselmann as Anne Ryder Klaus Kinski as Peter Keene Ingrid van Bergen as Gloria Christopher Lee as Ling Chu Albert Lieven as Raymond Lyne

Crew

Desmond Dickinson — Director of Photography Peter Taylor — Editor Keith Papworth — Original Music Composer Egon Eis — Writer Basil Dawson — Writer Donald Taylor — Writer

Synopsis

A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.

Mood & Themes

edgar wallace murder

Key Collaborators

Ákos Ráthonyi Director Desmond Dickinson Director of Photography Peter Taylor Editor Keith Papworth Original Music Composer Egon Eis Writer Basil Dawson Writer Donald Taylor Writer Edgar Wallace Novel Donald Taylor Producer Steven Pallos Producer

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