The Castle of Fu Manchu
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| The Castle of Fu Manchu | |
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 Original German language poster |
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| Directed by | Jesus Franco |
| Produced by | Harry Alan Towers |
| Written by | Jaime Jesús Balcázar Manfred Barthel Michael Haller Sax Rohmer Harry Alan Towers |
| 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 |
| Editing by | John Colville Hermann Storr |
| Release date(s) | 30 May 1969 |
| Country | West Germany Italy Spain United Kingdom Liechtenstein |
| Language | English |
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The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) also known by its German title Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu, is the fifth and final Fu Manchu film with Christopher Lee portraying the title character. The spy/crime film was filmed in Spain and Istanbul and originally released in West Germany in 1969. It was directed by Jesus Franco and also stars Richard Greene as Nayland Smith and Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie. Its other titles are Assignment Istanbul and The Torture Chamber of Fu Manchu.
In the film, set in the 1920s as all of the series, Fu Manchu plots to freeze the world's oceans with a diabolical new device. With his evil daughter, Lin Tang, his army of ninjas, and the help of the local crime organization led by Omar Pashu (whom Manchu doublecrosses), Fu Manchu takes over the governor's castle in Istanbul which has a massive Opium reserve and to control the largest opium port in Anatolia, a fuel for the machine. He needs the help of an intelligent scientist with an ailing heart whom he has imprisoned. Opposing him from Britain's Interpol, is his arch-nemesis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie.
[edit] Trivia
The film was an episode on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Joel and the bots seemed to think that the movie was particularly bad, and criticized the film's slow pace and difficult plot, along with bad dubbing and the use of Caucasian actors to portray Chinese and Turkish characters. They were also frustrated by the fact that the film was washed out and poorly lit, making it hard to determine what was going on. In the episode Being from Another Planet, Tom Servo declares it the worst movie of all experiments, despite Joel and Crow's listing of nearly every movie that appeared on the show. Only Fu Manchu was considered an equal in poor quality.
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