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{{short description|1966 television film by Terence Young}}
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{{Infobox filmtelevision
| name = The Poppy Is Also a Flower
| image = Poster of The Poppy Is Also a Flower.jpg
| image_sizecaption =
| writer = [[Jo Eisinger]]<br />[[Ian Fleming]] (story)
| caption =▼
| director = [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]]
| producerstarring = [[EuanE. G. Marshall]]<br />[[Trevor Howard]]<br />[[Yul Brynner]]<br />[[Eli LloydWallach]]<br />[[HassanAngie AlavikiaDickinson]]
| writernarrator = [[Jo Eisinger]]<br /> = [[IanGrace FlemingKelly]] (story)
| narratormusic = [[GraceGeorges KellyAuric]]
▲| captioncountry =
| starring = [[E. G. Marshall]]<br />[[Trevor Howard]]<br />[[Yul Brynner]]<br />[[Eli Wallach]]<br />[[Angie Dickinson]]
| musiclanguage = [[Georges Garvarentz]] = English
| cinematographyproducer = [[HenriEuan AlekanLloyd]]<br />
| editing cinematography = [[Henri Alekan]]
| editor =
| distributor = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] ''(US TV broadcast)''<br />Astral Films ''(US theatrical)''
| releasedruntime = {{Film date|1966|TV=y}} 80 minutes
| network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| runtime = 80 minutes ''(TV)''<br />100 minutes ''(theatrical)''
| countryreleased = {{Start date|1966}}
| language = English
}}
'''''The Poppy Is Also a Flower''''' is a 1966 American-French-Austrian [[television film|made-for-television]] [[spy film|spy]] and [[substance abuse|anti-drug film]]. It was originally made under the auspices of the [[United Nations]] as part of a [[United Nations television film series|series of television specials]] designed to promote the organization's work. The film was directed by [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]] and stars [[Yul Brynner]], [[Omar Sharif]], [[Eli Wallach]], [[Angie Dickinson]], [[Senta Berger]], [[Stephen Boyd]], [[Trevor Howard]], [[Rita Hayworth]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. [[Grace Kelly]] (as Princess Grace of [[Monaco]]) narrates.<ref name="NY Times.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/38718/The-Poppy-Is-Also-a-Flower/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912183233/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/38718/The-Poppy-Is-Also-a-Flower/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-09-12 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |date=2014 |title=''The Poppy Is Also a Flower'' |access-date=2009-03-22}}</ref>
 
The film was also known by alternatealternative titles '''''Poppies Are Also Flowers''''', '''''The Opium Connection''''', and '''''Danger Grows Wild''''' (in the UK).
 
== PremisePlot ==
In an attempt to stem the [[heroin]] trade at the [[Afghanistan]]–[[Iran]] border, a group of [[narcotic]]s agents working for the [[United Nations]] inject a [[radioactive]] compound into a seized shipment of [[opium]], in the hopes that it will lead them to the main heroin distributor in Europe.
 
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* [[Rita Hayworth]] as Monique Markos
* [[Trevor Howard]] as Sam Lincoln
* [[Trini López]] as Himselfhimself
* [[E. G. Marshall]] as Coley
* [[Marcello Mastroianni]] as Insp. Mosca
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[[Category:1966 films]]
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