The Sinister Monk

The last of Rialto Film's Edgar Wallace films to be shot in black and white, yet it was one of the most successful films of the series with approximately 3,500,000 viewers during its initial theatrical run and approximately 1,500,000 more during the following years up to 1970. It also was the last film of the series directed by Harald Reinl (he directed the first one, "Face of the Frog (1959)" and the last appearance of his wife Karin Dor. Both made five Edgar Wallace films, four of which together.

When Sir William is killed, he turns around and watches the monk face to face. But in the next moment he can be seen again with his back turned on the monk.

In the opening Titels the name of cast and crew are in white over a colored scene of a burning car.

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 5 (1998)