

The Devil's Daffodil
1961-07-20 · 94 min · ★ 5.8
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.
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- Directors
- Ákos Ráthonyi
- Production companies
- Omnia Pictures Ltd., Rialto Film
- Countries
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top 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
Edwina CarrollChinesisches Mädchen
Guy StandevenClub Patron
John Blythe
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