The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
Poppies Are Also Flowers (original title)
PG | 1h 40min | Action, Crime, Drama | 16 October 1966 (USA)
United Nations narcotics agents attempt to trace heroin shipments from the Afghanistan-Iran border to the main European distributor.
Director: Terence Young
Writers: Jo Eisinger (screenplay), Ian Fleming (story)
Stars: Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, Yul Brynner
Poppies Are Also Flowers (original title)
PG | 1h 40min | Action, Crime, Drama | 16 October 1966 (USA)
United Nations narcotics agents attempt to trace heroin shipments from the Afghanistan-Iran border to the main European distributor.
Director: Terence Young
Writers: Jo Eisinger (screenplay), Ian Fleming (story)
Stars: Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, Yul Brynner
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00:00Good morning.
00:01Morning.
00:02Mr. Jones, I am United Nations assistant
00:04attached to Colonel Salim.
00:06He is now waiting for you in the communication room
00:08with General Bahar.
00:10And ask me first to give you this cable.
00:14Washington.
00:16Benson never married.
00:18Who the heck is she?
00:21Ah.
00:22Colonel.
00:23Good morning.
00:24Good morning.
00:25Good morning.
00:27Ah.
00:28Colonel.
00:29Good morning.
00:30Mr. Lincoln, who is on loan to us.
00:32Mr. Jones.
00:33How do you do?
00:34Accordings Bureau.
00:35United States Treasury.
00:36General Bahar.
00:37Permit me to welcome you to Tehran, gentlemen.
00:39Thank you, General.
00:41Colonel Salim has been telling me
00:43that in four days' time there is to be
00:46another gathering of the tribesmen near the border.
00:50Among them, the tribe we know
00:53who have been dealing with the drug traffickers.
00:55Are we sure they'll have a new crop?
00:56Colonel Salim must think so.
00:58Otherwise, we should not be here.
01:01Morning, General.
01:02Morning, General.
01:03My informants tell me yes.
01:05My idea is to surprise and overpower them.
01:07Take the opium and impregnate it with radioactive matter.
01:10Go on.
01:11Well, then we'll wait for the traffickers to arrive,
01:13make the sale, let them go on their way.
01:15There are only three routes the traffickers can take.
01:18That is correct, Colonel?
01:20Well, we'll set up Geiger counter controls
01:23along these three roads
01:25and report the movement and progress of the convoy.
01:28If the opium leaves our area,
01:30we'll know exactly where and how.
01:32Then it'll be up to you, gentlemen,
01:33to forward it to the person or persons who've made the purchase.
01:36We hope, in fact, right to the head of this whole organization.
01:39Naturally, once the opium is impregnated,
01:42wherever it goes, it is always traceable.
01:44It should be traceable.
01:46We hope.
01:47Well, how many men do you require for the operation?
01:50A mounted squadron of about a hundred.
01:53You realize, of course,
01:54that there will be 5,000 tribesmen scattered through that area.
01:57If one shot is fired in your attempt to overpower
02:01the band carrying the opium, just one shot,
02:04you realize what will happen to you all.
02:07We've already lost good men
02:09in a similar and unsuccessful operation.
02:12I know you to be a courageous officer, Colonel,
02:15but when it comes to risking the lives of a hundred...
02:19But who might save thousands.
02:21Well, sir, I appreciate the reason for the operation.
02:24This involves men of the Iranian gendarmerie,
02:28and there is only one man who can decide
02:30whether its success is worth the risk involved.