L'arciere verde

The country estate of American emigre Abel Bellamy (Gerd Fröbe, in fine intimidating form) is haunted by the ghost of the Green Archer, a 14th century Robin Hood type figure who terrorised the former lords of the manor. Now, with the gangster coming home on vaguely defined business and his niece Valerie (Karin Dor) arriving with her adoptive father to take up residence in the adjacent mansion, much to Bellamy's annoyance, the archer has returned. Who is he and what does he want?

An improvement over the Squeaker as it is a bit more lively, but it still a bit confusing, hard to keep up with the array of characters, and the plot veers away from the "Green Archer" and focus is on as Gert Fröbe steals the scene as a quick-tempered man - they should have stuck with the "Green Archer" plotline instead, it could have been a good castle set whodunit. Still its enjoyable enough. Karin Dor is great as the heroine. She and Frobe make that Bond connection.