The Devil's Daffodil
Cast & Crew
Akos Von Rathony
William Lucas
Joachim Fuchsberger
Penelope Horner
Sabina Sesselmann
Colin Jeavons
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Superintendent Whiteside of Scotland Yard deduces that a homicidal maniac is at large when several people are found murdered in London, each with a daffodil placed across his body. Airways security agent Jack Tarling and his detective friend Ling Chu, however, connect the killings with a Hong Kong dope-smuggling ring which they have come to London to investigate. Their theory is confirmed when heroin is found concealed in a shipment of artificial daffodils delivered to a mercantile firm headed by Raymond Lyne. Police discover that all of the murder victims were members of the Cosmos Club, and it is learned that Lyne had recently persuaded Jan Putek, the owner of the club, to hire a drug-addicted ex-convict named Peter Keene. Lyne has kept Keene supplied with heroin in exchange for his services as a hired killer. Lyne, the chief suspect, is found murdered, followed by Putek, Lyne's wife Gloria, and Oliver Milburgh, the manager of the club. Whiteside discovers that the daffodil killer's next victim is to be Anne Rider, Lyne's secretary. The insane Keene lures her to a cemetery and drags her into a mausoleum. Ling Chu, waiting in the shadows, springs from his hiding place in time to trap and knife the killer. Anne is led out of the cemetery by Jack Tarling, who has fallen in love with her.
Director
Akos Von Rathony
Cast
William Lucas
Joachim Fuchsberger
Penelope Horner
Sabina Sesselmann
Colin Jeavons
Klaus Kinski
Christopher Lee
Ingrid Van Bergen
Albert Lieven
Marius Goring
Jan Hendriks
Peter Illing
Walter Gotell
Dawn Beret
Bettine Le Beau
Campbell Singer
Lance Percival
Frederick Bartman
Nancy Nevinson
Martin Lyder
Gundel Sargent
Irene Prador
Edwina Carroll
Grace Denbeigh-russell
Crew
Basil Dawson
Desmond Dickinson
Stuart Freeborn
Harry Gillam
William Hutchinson
Bob Jones
Patricia Kirschner
Steven Pallos
Keith Papworth
Tom Pevsner
Bert Ross
Jim Sawyer
Philip Shipway
Donald Taylor
Donald Taylor
Peter Taylor
Horst Wendlandt
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
The German and English versions were filmed simultaneously in London.
Notes
German and English versions simultaneously filmed in London. Released in West Germany in 1961 as Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen, in Great Britain in May 1961. Also known as Daffodil Killer.
