Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.
Acting
Heinz Drache's magnificent eyebrow acting
Production
Gloriously fake snake close-ups
Direction
Vohrer's relentless Dutch angles
Director
Alfred Vohrer
Heinz Drache
Inspektor Bill Elford
Barbara Rütting
Beryl Stedman
Günter Pfitzmann
Frank Sutton
Agnes Windeck
Mrs. Mulford
Eddi Arent
Josua Harras
Siegfried Schürenberg
Sir Fielding
Jan Hendriks
Mr. Leslie
Klaus Kinski
Krishna
Stanislav Ledinek
Der Champ
Wolfgang Wahl
Lomm
Inge Langen
Millie Trent
Albert Bessler
Butler James
Heinz Spitzner
Dr. Green
Siegfried Wischnewski
Der Lord
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of West Germany's 1960s 'Krimi' craze — lurid Edgar Wallace adaptations that dominated cinemas despite having nothing to do with actual British crime.
The snake footage was so unconvincing that some prints allegedly added a disclaimer admitting the reptiles were 'not actual murder weapons.'
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