Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility of the fiendish Fu Manchu may not be dead after all, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 (as Howard Marion Crawford) | |
| Tsai Chin | ... | Lin Tang | |
| Walter Rilla | ... | Muller | |
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Harry Brogan | ... | Gaskell |
| Francesca Tu | ... | Lotus (as Poulet Tu) | |
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Archie O'Sullivan | ... | Chamberlain |
| Edwin Richfield | ... | Chief Magistrate | |
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Joe Lynch | ... | Custodian |
| Peter Mosbacher | ... | Hanumon (as Peter Mossbacher) | |
| Ric Young | ... | Grand Lama (as Eric Young) | |
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Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility of the fiendish Fu Manchu may not be dead after all, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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Chief Magistrate: In the name of Imperial China, your presence is commanded here to witness an execution.
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This was the only "Fu Manchu" film with Nigel Green. See more »Goofs
Near the end of the movie when Smith and Janssen rescue Prof. Muller and set up the bomb, they capture Lin Tang, tie her up and gag her. Lin Tang is seen in the following scene making a great show of struggling against her bonds and even falling behind the bed, so that the guards did not find her when they looked into the room, so she couldn't alert them. So far the story, but looking at the way Lin Tang was tied up she would have been able to remove the gag any time she wanted to and cry out for help. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Chief Magistrate: In the name of Imperial China, your presence is commanded here to witness an execution.
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In the West German version of the film, some character names are changed, different music is used, and the German actors Joachim Fuchsberger and Karin Dor are credited first. In addition, this version was cut by ca. 9 minutes. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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There's a long winded list of Fu Manchu films going back to the 1920s up until 1980, but director Don Sharp and producer/writer Harry Alan Towers' 1965 matinée crime mystery adventure "The Face of Fu Manchu" starring Nigel Green and Christopher Lee in the title role happened to be my first encounter of the callous mastermind Fu Manchu. Quite a low-budget fare, but what makes it a fun outing is Sharp's precisely lean direction makes good use of the detailed location work and moves at a cracking pace (since the chase between nemesis's is a race against the clock) blending together the unpredictable nature of the unfolding narrative/tough action rather well, while upfront actor Nigel Green gives a stellar performance as the persistent detective Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard. Green breathes confidence, and the hearty script ably compels and allows for the strong performances. Lee fits in the calculative role of Manchu and the likes of Tsai Chin and Howard Marion Crawford are durable in their roles. The venturesome tone is bathed in a comic book frame, but I found the music score to be intrusively cued and the conclusion to be somewhat anticlimactic to the actual build-up.