United Nations narcotics agents attempt to trace heroin shipments from the Afghanistan-Iran border to the main European distributor.United Nations narcotics agents attempt to trace heroin shipments from the Afghanistan-Iran border to the main European distributor.United Nations narcotics agents attempt to trace heroin shipments from the Afghanistan-Iran border to the main European distributor.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win total
- Col. Salem
- (as Yul Brinner)
- Superintendent Roche
- (as Georges Geret)
- Trini Lopez
- (as Trini Lopez)
- Coley Jones
- (as E. G. Marshall)
- Directors
- Terence Young
- Henry Levin(Gilbert Roland & E.G. Marshall scenes) (uncredited)
- Writers
- Jo Eisinger
- Ian Fleming
- Jack Davies(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTerence Young and Euan Lloyd worked for free while all of the big-name cast members were paid one dollar for their work.
- Quotes
Coley Jones: [sitting down after she directs him] Is this place taken? Madame, would you mind if I smoked?
Coley Jones: [waving his pack of cigars at her] I noticed you took a pill. I thought perhaps...
Monique Marko: Huh? Nothing. Small headache.
Coley Jones: Are you sure the smoke won't distress you?
Monique Marko: I'm never distressed by smoke. Surely not. But thank you.
Coley Jones: Not at all. I have a headache myself. I wonder if it would be too much to ask if, eh...
Monique Marko: [giving him the pill packet] The aspirin?
Coley Jones: [purposefully knocking her handbag off the table as he takes the pill packet] Oh, I am sorry...
Monique Marko: Don't worry. It's not important.
Coley Jones: [picking up the handbag and detecting traces of the opium] Very clumsy of me. I'm terribly sorry. Would you allow me to buy you a drink?
Monique Marko: No thank you. Alcohol doesn't agree with me.
Coley Jones: Are you travelling alone?
Monique Marko: [picking up her poodle] Alone? Oh, no. I always have Toutou. Dit "bonsoir", Toutou.
Coley Jones: Bonsoir, Toutou. You're a fine looking fella.
Monique Marko: He loves being flattered.
Coley Jones: He seems to understand every word you say.
Monique Marko: Oh, yes. Toutou and I always have conversation. Toutou is most understanding.
Coley Jones: All my life I've wanted to meet a truly understanding dog. Perhaps we could write to each other. Where does Toutou live?
Monique Marko: In my mind.
Coley Jones: Then I'll write to Toutou, care of the mind of Madame, er...
Monique Marko: No. Because I also live in the mind of another...
Coley Jones: Who's mind is that?
[she gets up and leaves without replying]
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Last of the Gentleman Producers (2004)
- SoundtracksLemon Tree
(uncredited)
Written by Will Holt
Performed by Trini López
[The first song in Trini López's set]
Narcotics agents Lincoln (Trevor Howard) and Coley (E.G Marshall) arrive in Iran to investigate the death of another agent, Benson (Stephen Boyd). They learn that Benson had struck a deal with a tribal chief (Hugh Griffith) to buy his opium crop, but a disgruntled rival buyer attempted to seize the crop in transit, killing Benson in the process. In order to track down the killers, Lincoln and Coley agree to let another opium crop leave Iran bound for an unknown European drug lord. However, they put a radioactive element into the opium, meaning that they can track its progress with geiger counters, all the way to the head man. The trail leads from Iran to Switzerland to Italy and, finally, to France.
The film is based on an idea by Ian Fleming (yes, the Bond creator). However, there is little of the flair in this film that you would find in the Bond books and films. The very concept of contaminating opium in order to track its whereabouts seems rather unconvincing and implausible, but the film doesn't suffer too much because of it. The problem here is more fundamental - it's a badly scripted film. A plethora of characters come and go without proper introduction or development, and various events and actions are patched together without sufficient explanation. Such under-cooked ingredients do not make for a satisfying viewing experience. Other than Georges Auric's stirring music and E.G Marshall's performance (the only good one in the whole film) as the hero, Poppies Are Also Flowers is a failure.
- barnabyrudge
- Jun 12, 2004
Details
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1