The Face of Fu Manchu (Original title)Ich, Dr. Fu Man Chu (Alternative title)Sax Rohmer's the Face of Fu Manchu (Alternative title)
Dates: 1965 (Copyright), 24 October 1965 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Federal Republic of GermanyDirector: Don Sharp
Synopsis: Period crime drama. Fu Manchu, the notorious Oriental master criminal, embarks on a plan for world domination by means of a deadly poison distilled from the seeds of Tibetan poppies.
Genre: Police drama
Subject: Chinese people
Releases
Date: July 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8429 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner-Pathé Distributors
Date: November 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Anglo Amalgamated
Date: September 1991Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: Videocassette - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Home Video
Dates: 1965 (Copyright), 24 October 1965 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Federal Republic of GermanyDirector: Don Sharp
Synopsis: Period crime drama. Fu Manchu, the notorious Oriental master criminal, embarks on a plan for world domination by means of a deadly poison distilled from the seeds of Tibetan poppies.
Genre: Police drama
Subject: Chinese people
Releases
Date: July 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8429 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner-Pathé Distributors
Date: November 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Anglo Amalgamated
Date: September 1991Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: Videocassette - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Home Video
Credits
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©: Hallam Productions Limited, Produced by: Hallam Productions Ltd., Executive Producer [US prints only]: Oliver A. Unger, Produced by: Harry Alan Towers, Production Supervisor: John Comfort, Assistant Director: Barrie Melrose, Continuity: Phyllis Townshend, Screenplay by: Peter Welbeck, Above the title credit: Sax Rohmer, Director of Photography: Ernest Steward, Second Unit Cameraman: H.A.R. Thompson, Camera Operator: Jimmy Bawden, Editor: John Trumper, Art Director: Frank White, Wardrobe Supervisor: Dorothy Edwards, Makeup Artiste: Gerry Fletcher, Hairdresser: Ann Box, Music composed and conducted by: Christopher Whelen, Sound Recordist: Fred Hughesdon, Sound Recordist: Ken Cameron
Cast
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Christopher Lee (Fu Manchu), Nigel Green (Nayland Smith), Joachim Fuchsberger (Carl Jannsen), Karin Dor (Maria Muller), James Robertson Justice (Sir Charles), Howard Marion Crawford (Dr. Petrie), Tsai Chin (Lin Tang), Walter Rilla (Professor Muller), Harry Brogan (Professor Gaskell), Poulet Tu (Lotus), Archie O'Sullivan (chamberlain), Edwin Richfield (chief magistrate), Joe Lynch (custodian), Peter Mossbacher (Hanumon), Eric Young (grand lama), Deborah De Lacy (slave girl), Jim Norton (Mathius), Jack O'Reilly (constable), Peter Mayock (soldier), Aiden Grennell (security guard), Ray Mackin (soldier), Kevin Flood (traffic policeman), John Franklin (morgue attendant), Conor Evans (river police officer), Derek Young (village official)