The Brides of Fu Manchu

The Brides of Fu Manchu
Original film poster
Directed by	Don Sharp
Produced by	Harry Alan Towers Oliver A. Unger
Written by	Harry Alan Towers
Starring	Christopher Lee Marie Versini Tsai Chin
Music by	Bruce Montgomery
Cinematography	Ernest W. Steward
Release dates	2 September 1966
Running time	93 min.
Country	United Kingdom West Germany
Language	English

The Brides of Fu Manchu is a 1966 British/German Constantin Film co-production adventure crime film based on the fictional Asian villain Fu Manchu, created by Sax Rohmer. It was the second film in a series, and was preceded by The Face of Fu Manchu. The Vengeance of Fu Manchu followed in 1967, The Blood of Fu Manchu in 1968, and The Castle of Fu Manchu in 1969. It was produced by Harry Alan Towers for Hallam Productions. Like the first film, it was directed by Don Sharp, and starred Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu. Nigel Green was replaced by Douglas Wilmer as Scotland Yard detective Nayland Smith.

The action takes place mainly in London, where much of the location filming took place.

Plot

In 1924, Fu Manchu, his army of henchmen and his vicious daughter Lin Tang are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island, where he demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. He plans to keep (even wed) the girls in question. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen...

Cast

• Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu
• Douglas Wilmer as Sir Dennis Nayland Smith
• Heinz Drache as Franz Baumer
• Marie Versini as Marie Lentz
• Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie
• Tsai Chin as Lin Tang
• Rupert Davies as Jules Merlin
• Kenneth Fortescue as Sergeant Spicer
• Joseph Furst as Otto Lentz
• Roger Hanin as Inspector Pierre Grimaldi
• Harald Leipnitz as Nikki Sheldon
• Carole Gray as Michèle Merlin
• Burt Kwouk as Feng

External links

• The Brides of Fu Manchu at IMDb
• The Brides of Fu Manchu at AllMovie