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The Castle of Fu Manchu

The Castle of Fu Manchu

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The Castle of Fu Manchu

1969

1h 32m

3.7(55 votes)

Crime

Adventure

Horror

Overview

The evil mastermind Fu Manchu plots his latest scheme to basically freeze over the Earth's oceans with his diabolical new device. Opposing him is his arch-nemesis, Interpol's very British Nayland Smith.

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Production Companies

Balcázar

Italian International Film

Taurus Film

Constantin Film

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Dr. Fu Man Chu

Richard Greene

Richard Greene

Nayland Smith

Howard Marion-Crawford

Howard Marion-Crawford

Dr. Petrie

Tsai Chin

Tsai Chin

Lin Tang

Günther Stoll

Günther Stoll

Curt

Rosalba Neri

Rosalba Neri

Lisa

Maria Perschy

Maria Perschy

Marie

José Manuel Martín

José Manuel Martín

Omar Pashu

Werner Abrolat

Melnik

Jesús Franco

Jesús Franco

Insp. Ahmet

Creative team

Directed by: Jesús Franco
Written by: Manfred Barthel
Harry Alan Towers
Produced by: Harry Alan Towers
Jaime Jesús Balcázar

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