The Castle of Fu Manchu

The Castle of Fu Manchu
	German theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jesús Franco
Produced by	Harry Alan Towers; Jaime Jesús Balcázar[1];
Written by	Manfred Barthel[1]
Based on	characters; by Sax Rohmer
Starring	Christopher Lee; Richard Greene; Howard Marion-Crawford; Günther Stoll; Rosalba Neri; Maria Perschy; José Manuel Martín;
Music by	Carlos Camilleri; Malcomb Shelby;
Cinematography	Manuel Merino[1]
Edited by	John Colville[1]
Production; companies	Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas; Terra-Filmkunst; Italian International Films[1];
Running time	92 minutes[2]
Country	Spain; West Germany; Italy[1];
Language	English

The Castle of Fu Manchu (also known as The Torture Chamber of Dr. Fu Manchu and also known by its German title Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu) is a 1969 film and the fifth and final Dr. Fu Manchu film with Christopher Lee portraying the title character.

Plot

Supercriminal Dr. Fu Manchu plots to freeze the world's oceans with a diabolical new device. With his 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

Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu
Richard Greene as Nayland Smith
Howard Marion-Crawford as Doctor Petrie
Günther Stoll as Dr. Curt Kessler
Rosalba Neri as Lisa
Maria Perschy as Dr. Ingrid Cox
José Manuel Martín as Omar Pasha
Werner Aprelat as Melnik
Tsai Chin as Lin Tang
Gustavo Re as Dr. Heracles

In popular culture

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."[3] The episode marked the closest the main characters Joel and the Bots came to losing their sanity due to the horrible quality of the movie.

References

"Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
"The Castle of Fu Manchu (A)". British Board of Film Classification. 11 September 1970. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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.

External links

The Castle of Fu Manchu at IMDb

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[filmportal-1] "Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

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

[3] 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.