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The Castle of Fu Manchu

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The Castle of Fu Manchu
German theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jesús Franco
Screenplay by	English version: Peter Welbeck^[1] German/Spanish versions: Manfred Barthel^[2]
Spanish dialogue by	Jaime Jesús Balcázar^[3]

Based on	Fu Manchu bySax Rohmer
Produced by	Harry Alan Towers Jaime Jesús Balcázar^[2]
Starring	Christopher Lee Tsai Chin Maria Perschy Howard Marion-Crawford Richard Greene
Cinematography	Manuel Merino^[2]
Edited by	John Colville^[2]
Music by	Charles Camilleri Malcomb Shelby
Production companies	Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas Terra-Filmkunst Italian International Films Towers of London (Films)^[1]^[2]
Distributed by	MGM-EMI Distributors (UK) Constantin Film (West Germany) Dolores Sostre Sobre (Spain)
Release dates	30 May 1969 (1969-05-30) (West Germany) 1972 (1972) (UK)^[4]
Running time	92 minutes^[5]
Countries	United Kingdom West Germany Spain Italy Liechtenstein^[6]
Language	English

The Castle of Fu Manchu (German: Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu, lit. 'The Torture Chamber of Dr. Fu Manchu', Spanish: El castillo de Fu-Manchu) is a 1969 film and the fifth and final Dr. Fu Manchu film with Christopher Lee portraying the title character.

Plot[edit]

Supercriminal Dr. Fu Manchu plots to freeze the world's oceans with a diabolical new device. With his beautiful but evil daughter, Lin Tang, his army of dacoits, and the help of the local crime organization led by Omar Pasha (whom Dr. Fu Manchu double-crosses), Dr. Fu Manchu takes over the governor's castle in Istanbul, which has a massive opium reserve, to control the largest opium port in Anatolia, since the drug is an important ingredient for the fuel for his machine. Dr. Fu Manchu needs the help of an intelligent scientist with an ailing heart whom he has imprisoned. In order to keep the scientist alive, he kidnaps a doctor and his wife to give the scientist a heart transplant from one of his obedient servants. Opposing him from Britain's branch of Interpol are his nemeses, Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie.

Cast[edit]

Christopher LeeasFu Manchu

Tsai ChinasLin Tang

Maria Perschy as Dr. Ingrid Koch

Richard GreeneasNayland Smith

Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie

Günther Stoll as Dr. Curt Kessler

Rosalba Neri as Lisa

José Manuel Martín as Omar Pasha

Werner Aprelat as Melnik

Uncredited:

Mike Brendel as Pasha's Gunman
Jesús Franco as Inspector Hamid
Herbert Fux as Governor
Osvaldo Genazzani as Sir Robert
Burt Kwouk as Feng (archive footage from The Brides of Fu Manchu)
Gustavo Re as Professor Heracles
Gene Reyes as Hamid's Aide
Moisés Augusto Rocha as Fu's Henchman

Home media[edit]

Blue Underground released the film on DVD under The Christopher Lee Collection in 2003.^[7]

In popular culture[edit]

In 1992, The Castle of Fu Manchu was featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Season 3, Episode 23). Towards the end, Joel comments that Roger Ebert liked the movie; however, in 1993 Ebert stated he had "never seen it."^[8] The episode marked the closest Joel and the Bots came to losing their sanity due to the poor quality of the movie.^[9]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Die Folterkammer des Doktor Fu Manchu (1972)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

^ "Castillo de Fu-Manchu, El". iicaa Catalogo de Cinespanol. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

^ Bergfelder, Tim (2004). International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. New York City: Taylor & Francis. p. 261. ISBN 9781782389668.

^ "The Castle of Fu Manchu (A)". British Board of Film Classification. 11 September 1970. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

^ The Castle of Fu Manchu (booklet). Powerhouse Films. 2020. p. 12. PHILTD201.

^ DVD Savant Review: The Blue Underground Christopher Lee Collection on DVD Talk

^ Ebert, Roger (1 October 1993). "Movie Answer Man (10/01/1993)". RogerEbert.com. Roger Ebert. Retrieved 31 May 2020. Q. Did you really like "Castle of Fu Manchu?" The Mystery Science Theater critics said, "Roger Ebert liked this!" (Don Donovan) A. I've never seen it. Maybe they had me confused with Gene Siskel. Happens all the time.

^ RiffTrax

External links[edit]

Wikiquote has quotations related to The Castle of Fu Manchu.

v t e Fu ManchubySax Rohmer
Novels	The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (1913)
Characters	Fah Lo Suee Denis Nayland Smith
Films	The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929) The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930) Daughter of the Dragon (1931) The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Drums of Fu Manchu (1940, 15-chapter serial) The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967) The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980) Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Radio	The Shadow of Fu Manchu (1939–40)
Television series	The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
Related articles	Fu Manchu moustache The Yellow Claw (1915) Yellow Peril Sumuru Marvel Comics
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Films directed by Jesús Franco

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Lucky, the Inscrutable (1967)
Kiss Me Monster (1967)
Succubus (1968)
Eve (1968)
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
99 Women (1969)
The Girl from Rio (1969)
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Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
Venus in Furs (1969)
The Bloody Judge (1969)
Count Dracula (1969)
Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion (1970)
Vampyros Lesbos (1970)
She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)
The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1971)
Eugénie de Sade (1973)
The Bare Breasted Countess (1973)
Lorna the Exorcist (1974)
Barbed Wire Dolls (1975)
Jack the Ripper (1976)
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (1977)
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
Women in Cellblock 9 (1977)
Devil Hunter (1980)
Mondo Cannibale (1980)
Bloody Moon (1981)
Sadomania (1981)
Mansion of the Living Dead (1982)
Oasis of the Zombies (1982)
Faceless (1988)

Films of Harry Alan Towers

Death Drums Along the River (1963)
Victim Five (1964)
Coast of Skeletons (1965)
Sandy the Seal (1965)
Mozambique (1965)
24 Hours to Kill (1965)
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
Circus of Fear (1966)
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
The House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
Eve (1968)
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
99 Women (1969)
The Girl from Rio (1969)
Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
Venus in Furs (1969)
Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion (1970)
The Bloody Judge (1970)
Count Dracula (1970)
Dorian Gray (1970)
Black Beauty (1971)
Treasure Island (1972)
The Call of the Wild (1972)
White Fang (1973)
And Then There Were None (1974)
Blue Belle (1976)
H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
King Solomon's Treasure (1979)
Klondike Fever (1980)
Black Venus (1983)
Fanny Hill (1983)
Lady Libertine (1984)
Christina (1984)
Black Arrow (1985)
Lightning, the White Stallion (1986)
Skeleton Coast (1987)
Gor (1987)
Platoon Leader (1988)
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
Outlaw of Gor (1988)
Edge of Sanity (1989)
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
River of Death (1989)
Ten Little Indians (1989)
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
Buried Alive (1990)
Oddball Hall (1990)
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
The Lost World (1992)
Return to the Lost World (1992)
Dance Macabre (1992)
Night Terrors (1993)
The Mangler (1995)
Bullet to Beijing (1995)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)
Owd Bob (1998)
Treasure Island (1999)
Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express (2000)
Sumuru (2003)
Pact with the Devil (2004)

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