UK, West Germany, 1965
89m, 96m
35mm film, Techniscope, Technicolor, 2.35:1
mono
A British/West German science fiction film directed by Don Sharp.
Plot Summary
A series of strangulations in London leads Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to suspect that his arch-nemesis Fu Manchu may not dead as he thought. In fact Fu Manchu is planning world conquest by means of a powerful poison he’s managed to distill from the seeds of a rare Tibetan poppy – and to test it, he unleashes it in an aerial attack on a small English town.
Credits
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Crew
Directed by: Don Sharp
© 1965 Hallam Productions Limited
Produced by Hallam Productions Ltd.
Produced by: Harry Alan Towers
Screenplay by: Peter Welbeck [real name: Harry Alan Towers]
Characters: Sax Rohmer [credited in a possessory credit above the title]
Director of Photography: Ernest Steward
Editor: John Trumper
Music Composed and Conducted by: Christopher Whelen
Sound Recordists: Fred Hughesdon, Ken Cameron
RCA Sound Recording
Wardrobe Supervisor: Dorothy Edwards
Makeup Artiste: Gerry Fletcher
Hairdresser: Anne Box
Art Director: Frank White
Locations: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Cast
Christopher Lee (Fu Manchu)
Nigel Green (Nayland Smith)
Joachim Fuchsberger (Carl Jansen)
Karin Dor (Maria Muller)
James Robertson Justice (Sir Charles)
Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr Petrie
Tsai Chin as Lin Tang
Walter Rilla (Professor Muller)
Harry Brogan (Gaskell)
Poulet Tu (Lotus)
Archie O’Sullivan (Chamberlain)
Edwin Richfield (chief magistrate)
Joe Lynch (custodian)
Peter Mosbacher (Gustav Hanumon)
Eric Young (Grand Lama)
Deborah De Lacey (Dacoit girl)
Jim Norton (Mathius)
Jack O’Reilly (constable)
Peter Mayock (soldier)
Kevin Flood (traffic policeman)
Alternative Titles
Fu Manchu 1 – Finland (video)
Fu Manchu – kauhun mestari – Finland
Fu Manciu: operazione Tigre – Italy
Fu Manchu – skräckens mästare – Sweden
Ich, Dr Fu Man Chu – Germany
The Mask of Fu Manchu – early title
El regreso de Fu-Manchú – Spain
Links
Sequels
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
Il castillo de Fu Man Chu (1969)
Extracts included in
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996)
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no. 1967 Annual p.6
- Castle of Frankenstein no.8 pp.12-16, 48
- Castle of Frankenstein no.9 p.32 p.36
- The Dark Side January/February 1996 p.16 – review
- Radio Times 10-16 September 1983 p.69 – credits
- Shivers no.50 p.57 – review
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.170
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.239
- The Christopher Lee Filmography by Tom Johnson and Mark A. Miller pp.146-149
- Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History by Jonathan Rigby pp.106-109, 112, 113, 119
- The Cult Films of Christopher Lee by Jonathan Sothcott pp.84-89
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.7, 132
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.186
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.131
- The Films of Christopher Lee by Robert W. Pohle Jr and Douglas C. Hart pp.103-105
- Harry Alan Towers: The Transnational Career of a Cinematic Contrarian by Dave Mann pp.45, 51, 55, 56, 60, 72-74
- Hoffman’s Guide to SF, Fantasy and Horror Movies 1991-1992 p.128 – credits, review
- The International Spy Guide 001 by Richard Rhys Davies p.304 – illustrated credits, note
- Lord of Misrule (new edition) by Christopher Lee p.220
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.130 – credits
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith p.97
- Unsung Horrors by Eric McNaughton & Darrell Buxton (eds) pp.126-127 – illustrated review (by Kevin Nickelson)
