Harald Reinl was an Austrian film screenwriter and director. He is known for the movies he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books. His first movie as director was the mountain film ''Mountain Crystal'' (1949). Harald Reinl was stabbed to death by Daniela Maria Delis, his third wife and a former actress.
Dr. No re-imagined as pulpy / problematic (affectionate) krimi, a British-German coproduction. Takes cues from stuff like Harry Allan Towers' beautifully dire Sax Rohmer adaptations, 1950s-1960s German krimifilm, and film noir.