Directed by:
Helmuth AshleyScreenplay:
Egon EisCinematography:
Franz Xaver LederleComposer:
Peter ThomasCast:
Christopher Lee, Adrian Hoven, Klaus Kinski, Fritz Rasp, Eddi Arent, Friedrich G. Beckhaus, Marisa Mell, Pinkas Braun, Wolfgang Büttner, Günther Jerschke (more)Plots(1)
Wealthy people are getting notes from "The Patrons of the Rich" offering "protection" for a large sum... and those who don't pay wind up brutally murdered! Inspector Weston of Scotland Yard is joined by the FBI's Cpt. Allerman (Christopher Lee) to expose the deadly secrets of London's underworld, where every dark street corner could be hiding a vicious killer bent on protecting The Mystery of the Red Orchid! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Christopher Lee
UK
Best movies:
Adrian Hoven
Austria
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Klaus Kinski
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Fritz Rasp
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Emil and the Detectives (1931)
Eddi Arent
German Empire
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962)
Winnetou: The Red Gentleman (1964)
The Mysterious Magician (1964)
Friedrich G. Beckhaus
German Empire
Best movies:
The Final Solution: The Wannsee Conference (1984) (TV movie)
A Love in Germany (1983)
Didi - Der Doppelgänger (1984)
Marisa Mell
Austria
Best movies:
Amigo, Stay Away (1972)
One on Top of the Other (1969)
Casanova '70 (1965)
Pinkas Braun
Switzerland
Best movies:
Wir Wunderkinder (1958)
The Lower Depths (1957)
Gringos Do Not Forgive (1965)
Wolfgang Büttner
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)
Joseph Balsamo (1973) (series)
Günther Jerschke
German Empire
Best movies:
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull (1957)
The Fellowship of the Frog (1959)
Dark Eyes of London (1961)
Hans Zesch-Ballot
German Empire
Best movies:
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
Benno Gellenbeck
German Empire
Best movies:
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
German Empire
Best movies:
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
Eric Pohlmann
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Third Man (1949)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Frank Straass
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn (1967)
Das Gasthaus an der Themse (1962)
Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
Peter Frank
USA
Best movies:
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
The Terrible People (1960)
Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
Hans Paetsch
German Empire
Best movies:
Run Lola Run (1998)
The Magic Voyage (1992)
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)
Herbert A.E. Böhme
German Empire
Best movies:
Drops of Blood (1960)
Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
Kolberg (1945)
Willem Fricke
German Empire
Best movies:
Marat/Sade (1967)
The Terrible People (1960)
491 (1964)
Charles Palent
Best movies:
The Green Archer (1961)
Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)