Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on The Daffodil Mystery
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Setting
Set in London
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Desmond Dickinson
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Edgar WallaceNovel
- Basil DawsonWriter
- Donald TaylorWriter
- Egon EisWriter
- Original title
- Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 20, 1961
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany, United Kingdom
Production
Cast
Joachim FuchsbergerJack Tarling
Sabine SesselmannAnne Ryder
Klaus KinskiPeter Keene
Ingrid van BergenGloria
Christopher LeeLing Chu
Albert LievenRaymond Lyne
Jan HendriksCharles
Marius GoringOliver Milburgh
Peter IllingJan Putek
Walter GotellOberinspektor Whiteside- Dawn BeretKatya
Edwina CarrollChinesisches Mädchen
Guy StandevenClub Patron- John TatumDetective
- Frederick Bartman
John Blythe- Michael Collins
- Grace Denbeigh-Russell
- Otto Friese
Bettine Le Beau
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