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User Rating:
5.9/10   132 votes
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Director:
Helmut Ashley
Writers:
Edgar Wallace (novel)
Egon Eis (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 March 1962 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Crime | Mystery | Thriller more
Plot:
Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Christopher Lee ... Captain Allerman
Adrian Hoven ... Inspector Weston
Marisa Mell ... Lilian Ranger
Pinkas Braun ... Edwin
Christiane Nielsen ... Cora Minelli

Eric Pohlmann ... Kerkie Minelli
Fritz Rasp ... Tanner
Wolfgang Büttner ... Chief Inspector Tetley
Herbert A.E. Böhme ... Oberst Drood
Günther Jerschke ... Mr. Shelby
Sigrid von Richthofen ... Mrs. Moore
Hans Paetsch ... Lord Arlington
Edgar Wenzel ... Babyface
Klaus Kinski ... Steve
Eddi Arent ... Parker
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (USA)
The Secret of the Red Orchid
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Runtime:
Germany:84 min
Country:
West Germany
Language:
German
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Klangfilm Eurocord-Magnetocord)
Certification:
West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Hamburg, Germany more
Company:
Rialto Film more

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Christopher Lee's voice was dubbed by another actor for the English language version, but he is heard in the original German version. His German is pretty good. more

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4 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
More like Rotten Orchid, 19 November 1999
Author: evilskip from wishing I was elsewhere

Another film in the series based on novels by Edgar & Bryan Wallace.It seems that 2 rival Chicago gangs have come to London.They are extorting money from wealthy men.Pay up or die.

Christopher Lee plays a FBI agent sent to London to investigate the gangs.A supposedly dead gang leader is rumored to be alive and running his business.

I knew this movie was in trouble within the first 4 minutes. The great voice of Christopher Lee was horribly dubbed.The dubbing will set your teeth on edge.

The movie is dull and you can have the answers figured out within the first 30 minutes.

This gets a 2 only because Lee is in it.This orchid is wilted.

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