The Green Archer (German: Der grüne Bogenschütze) is a 1961 West German black and white crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Gert Fröbe, Klausjürgen Wussow, Karin Dor and Eddi Arent.

During a guided tour of Garre Castle, a man is killed by an arrow after sneaking away from the rest of the group.

Shortly thereafter, Mr Howett and his adopted daughter, Valerie, move into Lady's Manor, next door to the castle.

Abel Bellamy, Valerie’s uncle, an American with a murky past in Chicago, and owner of Garre Castle returns to London.

Spike Holland, a journalist, is asked by a man named Creager to come and see him to learn something of interest.

Creager calls Scotland Yard, offering them information on Bellamy but he is shot by the Green Archer.

Meanwhile, Inspector Featherstone of Scotland Yard has infiltrated the Bellamy household by hiring on as a member of the staff.

Valerie is kidnapped and driven to the Shanghai Bar by Lacy, one of Bellamy's men pretending to be a police officer.

There is a police raid at the bar, but Valerie has already been taken away via a secret exit to a freighter ship called "Calliope".

Whilst phoning Featherstone, Valerie is kidnapped by the Archer and taken via a secret passage to the dungeon beneath Garre Castle.

[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt, who frequently collaborated.

[citation needed] The FSK gave the film a rating of 12 years and up, unsuitable for screening on public holidays.

Foggy streets, mysterious castles, trap doors, masked murderers and avengers, criminal types in dive bars and secret passages.