The Curse of the Yellow Snake

The Curse of the Yellow Snake (German: Der Fluch der gelben Schlange) is a 1963 West German crime thriller film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum and Pinkas Braun.^[1] It is based on the 1926 novel The Yellow Snake by Edgar Wallace. It was made as part of a series of films based on Wallace's work, made either by CCC Film or the rival Rialto.

The Curse of the Yellow Snake
Directed by	Franz Josef Gottlieb
Written by	Janne Furch Franz Josef Gottlieb
Based on	The Yellow Snake by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Artur Brauner Wolf Brauner
Starring	Joachim Fuchsberger Brigitte Grothum Pinkas Braun
Cinematography	Siegfried Hold
Edited by	Walter Wischniewsky
Music by	Raimund Rosenberger
Production company	CCC Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	22 February 1963 (1963-02-22)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Ernst Schomer.

Cast

• Joachim Fuchsberger as Clifford Lynn
• Brigitte Grothum as Joan Bray
• Pinkas Braun as Fing-Su / St. Clay
• Doris Kirchner as Mabel Narth
• Werner Peters as Stephan Narth
• Charles Regnier as Major Spedwell
• Claus Holm as Inspektor Frazer
• Fritz Tillmann as Joe Bray
• Eddi Arent as Samuel Carter
• Zeev Berlinsky as Straßenkehrer