The Movies of Fu Manchu:
Part Four: Christopher Lee, Peter Sellers
& Paul Naschy
First played by Harry Agar Lyons in the 1920's, the sinister Chinese doctor was
subsequently portrayed in the movies by Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, Henry Brandon,
Manuel Requena, Christopher Lee and Peter Sellers. John Carradine and Glen Gordon
portrayed Fu Manchu on television. Rohmer's sinister female, Sumuru, had her movies as well.
Part One: Harry Agar
Lyons and Warner Oland
Part Two: Boris Karloff
Part Three: Henry Brandon and Manuel Requena
Part Four: Christopher Lee, Peter Sellers
and Paul Naschy
Also released as
1965: Ich, Dr. Fu Man Chu
(German)
1965: Le Masque de Fu
Manchu (French)
1965: El Rostro de Fu Manchu
This promotional poster was a special giveaway for the original 1965 theatrical release |
"This advertisement was paid for by the citizen's committee to elect Fu Manchu for
Mayor." |
British production by Harry Alan Towers. Christopher
Lee
Smith: Nigel Green.
Jansen: Joachim Fuchsberger.
Maria: Karin Dor.
Lin Tang: Tsai Chin.
Dr. Petrie: Howard Marion Crawford. Prof. Muller: Walter Rilla.
Sir Charles: James Robertson Justice. Directed by Don Sharp. |
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Mrs. Sax Rohmer on the set with Christopher Lee |
1996 Finnish videotape
release |
Four stills from the whipping
scene are posted at a site devoted to movies with "whipped women." The
annotation says it all: "A pretty Chinese girl is tied to a wall, arms outstretched,
and her back is bared. Unfortunately, Fu Manchu stops the whipping."
Also released in Spanish, German, French, Turkish and Danish as
1966: Las 13 Novias de Fu Manchu (Spanish)
1966: Die dreizehn Sklavinnen des Dr. Fu Man Chu (German)
1966 Die 13 Sklavinnen des Dr. Fu Man Chu (Austrian)
1966: les Treize Fiancées de Fu Manchu (French)
1966: Canavar Pencesi Fu Mancu (Turkish)
1966: Dr. Fu Manchu og Slavepigerne (Danish)
1966: il Giorno Dei Fazzoletti Rossi (Italian)
British production by Harry Alan Towers.
Christopher Lee.
Smith: Douglas Wilmer.
Marie: Marie Versini.
Franz: Heinz Drache.
Petrie: Howard Marion
Crawford.
Lin Tang: Tsai Chin.
Otto: Joseph Furst.
Spicer: Kenneth Fortescue.
Directed by Don Sharp. |
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Mexico, 1966 |
Argentina, 1966
TIENEN QUE ELEGIA . . .
el lecho nupcial
con une hombre
poderoso
o la muerte! |
(German release of Brides of Fu Manchu) Krimi, Großbritannien.
Noch immer strebt der geniale Verbrecher Dr. Fu Man Chu (Christopher Lee) die
Weltherrschaft an: Mit elektronischen Strahlen kann er über Kontinente hinweg jedes
gewünschte Objekt vernichten. Zusätzlich nimmt er noch Frauen und Töchter von
Prominenten als Geiseln. Unter ihnen ist die hübsche Marie (Marie Versini), Tochter des
bekannten Ingenieurs Lenz (Joseph Furst). Mit Scotland Yard-Mann Nayland Smith (Douglas
Wilmer) versucht Maries Verlobter Franz Baumer (Heinz Drache), in Fu Man Chus Versteck
einzudringen.
Dr. Fu Manchu og Slavepigerne
Released by A/S Gefion Film Præsenterer
When the Danish release of The Brides of Fu
Manchu first appeared in theaters, patrons were given a 5" x 6" Danish movie
program. Movie programs were routinely given away and they were filled with black and
white photos from the film as well as a synopsis of the plot and the credits. This one is
eight pages with seven photos. |
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1966: The Horror of Fu Manchu
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Also released as
Die Rache des Dr. Fu Man Chu (German title)
Dr. Fu Manchu's Hevn (Danish title)
La Venganza de Fu Manchu (Mexican title)
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British production by Harry Alan Towers.
Christopher Lee.
Ramos: Tony Ferrer.
Lin Tang: Tsai Chin.
Maria: Susanne Roquette.
Smith: Douglas Wilmer.
Jeremy Summers directed. |
Danish movie program
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Portion of Mexican lobby card |
British production by Harry Alan Towers, with Christopher Lee
Poster for Japanese Release
Also released as:
1968: Against All Odds
1968: Fu Manchu and the Keys of Death
1968: Fu Manchu and the Kiss of Death
1968: Fu Manchu's Kiss of Death
1968: Kiss and Kill (U.S.)
1968: Kiss of Death
1968: Todeskuß des Dr. Fu Manchu, Der (German title)
1968? (Japan)
1970: Fu Manchú y el beso de la muerte (Spanish title)
1982: Fu Manchu - Himon herra (Finnish
videotape)
Also released as:
1969: Assignment Istanbul
1969: Castello di Fu Manchu, Il (Italian title)
1969: Folterkammer
des Dr. Fu Man Chu, Die (German title)
1969: Fu Manchu's Castle
1969: The Torture Chamber of Fu Manchu
1972: Castillo de Fumanchú, El (Spanish title)
1980: The Fiendish Plot of Fu Manchu
Directed by Piers Haggard. Cast (in alphabetical order) Sid
Caesar.... Joe Capone, Steve Franken.... Peter Williams, Clement Harari.... Doctor Wretch,
Stratford Johns.... Ismail, Lee Kwan-Young.... Tong, John Le Mesurier.... Perkins, Helen
Mirren.... Alice Rage, Peter Sellers.... Fu Manchu/Nayland Smith, John Sharp.... Sir Nules
Thudd, David Tomlinson.... Sir Roger Avery, Simon Williams.... Robert Townsend. Caption
"SOMETHING OLD--SOMETHING NEW --- Master criminal Fu Manchu (Peter Sellers),
angry that he has lost his youth elixir, vows to take over the world, in this scene from
the hilarious comedy, "The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu," an Orion Pictures
release through Warner Bros. (Copyright 1980 by Orion Pictures Company)" |
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Austrian release.
1986: Esclavas del Crimen [=Slaves of Crime].
Producer: Herminio Garcia Calvo / Madrid. Spanish film [video only in
Spanish].
Director: James Lee Johnson [pseudonym = Jess (Jesús) Franco].
Starring: [Franco's wife] Lina Romay asFu Manchu's daughter, Marco Moriarty, Mel
Rodrigo.
Screenplay: David Khunne [pseudonym = Jess (Jesús) Franco].
Photography: Juan Soler.
Music: Daniel J. White.
Fu Manchu's daughter is the adventuress in this film.
90 min, color.
Lucas Balbo, Peter Blumenstock and Christian Kessler: Obsession: The
Films of Jess Franco. Berlin: Graf Haufen & Frank Trebbin, 1993. [Raimo Nikkonen,
Email, 6/30/98]
This obscurity is a deliriously filmed erotic adventure that updates
Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu tales (Rohmer receives screen credit, as "S. Rohmer").
Lina Romay appears as the daughter of Fu Manchu, made up with exotic eye mascara (to
appear Oriental) and an outlandish hair style. A title card explains it takes place
"in an exotic corner of the distant east, [a] paradise of the drug and the
corruption."
Members of the ROCKY WALTERS rock and roll band are kidnapped by her seductive agents and
transported to a hotel in the jungle, which doubles as an armed camp. There they are
drugged, tortured, and forced to sign over bank accounts and other financial holdings.
This criminal enterprise is investigated by a karate fighting investigator and an Interpol
agent who wears a pink shirt. The movie climaxes with an air strike carried out by
Jump-Jets delivering a napalm payload into the encampment.
This amusing if sometimes slow-paced trifle is most interesting
for the eye-popping color filter effects, which fill many scenes with intense halations
and bright hues which sometimes obscure the action. The female bunch are a sexy and
imposing army of Amazons that recall Shirley Eaton and her followers in FUTURE WOMEN
(1968).
A sadly miscast Lina Romay gets to repeat the old Fu Manchu standard at the end: "The
world will hear from me again!"
-- Robert Monell
Dark Waters Reviews
Copyright © 1998 Jeff Frentzen.
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1990: La Hija de Fu-Manchu [The Daughter of Fu-Manchu ]
(20 minutes)
"A color short directed by three people calling themselves "La
Escuadrilla Amarilla" [The Yellow Squad]. The film is an affectionate light
spoof of the Fu Manchu films, though Paul
Naschy plays the role of Fu Manchu seriously, without lampooning. Some other actors
are Antonio Junco, Leonor Ramos, Maria Castello, Fausto Telon. It was made in 1990,
and produced by Miguel Vidal Comas, P.C. and Television Espanola."
--Information provided by Mirek (Miroslaw Lipinski)
Vine International Pictures, Limited, in Englad, has announced that this
title is in pre-production.
Director: Alex De La Iglesia (PERDITA DURANGO; DAY OF THE BEAST; ACCIONE MUTANTE),
Producer: Andres Vicente Gomez - Lolafilms S.A., Language: English, Budget US$15 million. Set
in London and Shanghai, this is the story of a man whose fate is in the hands of the most
feared and dastardly conjurer that history has ever known - FU MANCHU.
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