The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
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- PG
- 1h 32min
- Adventure, Crime
- 1972 (USA)
- Movie
Fu Manchu seizes a Turkish castle for its stockpile of opium, as he needs the drug as part of his plot to freeze the Earth's oceans.
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Cast verified as complete
Christopher Lee | ... |
Fu Manchu
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Richard Greene | ... |
Nayland Smith
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Howard Marion-Crawford | ... |
Dr. Petrie
(as Howard Marion Crawford)
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Günther Stoll | ... |
Dr. Curt Kessler
(as Gunther Stoll)
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Rosalba Neri | ... |
Lisa
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Maria Perschy | ... |
Marie / Ingrid
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José Manuel Martín | ... |
Omar Pasha
(as Jose Manuel Martin)
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Werner Abrolat | ... |
Melnik
(as Werner Aprelat)
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Tsai Chin | ... |
Lin Tang
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Stanley Baker | ... |
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Dirk Bogarde | ... |
Running Man (archiveFootage)
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Mike Brendel | ... |
Omar Pasha's Gunman (uncredited)
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David de Keyser | ... |
Omar Pasha and others (uncredited) (voice)
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Jesús Franco | ... |
Inspector Hamid (uncredited)
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Herbert Fux | ... |
Governer (uncredited)
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Osvaldo Genazzani | ... |
Sir Robert (uncredited)
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Burt Kwouk | ... |
Feng (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Pere Portabella | ... |
Dying Turkish Soldier (uncredited)
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Gustavo Re | ... |
Prof. Heracles (uncredited)
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Gene Reyes | ... |
Hamid's Aide (uncredited)
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Robert Rietty | ... |
Curt and others (uncredited) (voice)
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Moisés Augusto Rocha | ... |
Fu Manchu Henchman (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jesús Franco | ... | (as Jess Franco) |
Written by
Sax Rohmer | ... | (characters) |
Harry Alan Towers | ... | (screenplay) (as Peter Welbeck) |
Jaime Jesús Balcázar | ... | (dialogue: Spanish version) |
Manfred Barthel | ... | (screenplay) |
Manfred Barthel | ... | (story) |
Michael Haller | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
Jaime Jesús Balcázar | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Harry Alan Towers | ... | producer |
Music by
Charles Camilleri | ||
Malcomb Shelby | ||
Gert Wilden | ... | (german version score) |
Cinematography by
Manuel Merino |
Editing by
John Colville |
Editorial Department
María Luisa Soriano | ... | supervising editor |
Production Design by
Santiago Ontañón | ... | (as Santiago Ontanon) |
Costume Design by
Berenice Sparano |
Makeup Department
Ascensión Hernández | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Adrián Jaramillo | ... | key makeup artist |
Peter Jonas | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Vicenta Salvadó | ... | hair stylist (as Vicenta Salvador) |
Production Management
Juan Estelrich | ... | production manager (as Juan Estelriech) |
Remo Odevaine | ... | production leader |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Federico Canudas | ... | assistant director |
Ricardo Franco | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
Adrian McDonald | ... | dubbing editor |
Tommy Myers | ... | dubbing mixer |
Hermann Storr | ... | sound editor |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Helga Lange | ... | assistant wardrobe |
María Luisa Soriano | ... | wardrobe (as Maruja Soriano) |
Music Department
Charles Camilleri | ... | conductor |
Script and Continuity Department
Herminia Arnau | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Bruno Leder | ... | production assistant |
Lamberto Palmieri | ... | production assistant |
Ginés Rodríguez | ... | production assistant |
Paul Bürks | ... | voice dubbing: Howard Marion-Crawford (uncredited) |
Heinz Engelmann | ... | voice dubbing: Richard Greene (uncredited) |
Norbert Gastell | ... | voice dubbing (uncredited) |
Wolfgang Hess | ... | voice dubbing: José Manuel Martín (uncredited) |
Dinah Hinz | ... | voice dubbing: Tsai Chin (uncredited) |
Robert Klupp | ... | voice dubbing: Gustavo Re (uncredited) |
Ernst Kuhr | ... | voice dubbing: Burt Kwouk and Osvaldo Genezzani (uncredited) |
Kurt E. Ludwig | ... | voice dubbing (uncredited) |
Bruno W. Pantel | ... | voice dubbing: Jesús Franco (uncredited) |
Eva Pflug | ... | voice dubbing: Rosalba Neri (uncredited) |
Helga Trümper | ... | voice dubbing: Maria Perschy (uncredited) |
Herbert Weicker | ... | voice dubbing: Christopher Lee (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Towers of London Productions (copyright: 1968)
- Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas
- Italian International Film
- Terra-Filmkunst
- Tilma Films
Distributors
- Constantin Film (1969) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Euro-Centra Film (1970) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- MGM-EMI (1972) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- International Cinema Inc. (1972) (United States) (theatrical)
- Mahier Films (1972) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Maron Films (1972) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1972) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1972) (Australia) (theatrical)
- International Film Distributors (1975) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Sinister Cinema (2001) (United States) (VHS)
- Blue Underground (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Stomp Visual (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (tv)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
- Shout! Factory (2012) (United States) (DVD) (MST3K version)
- Blue Underground (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Powerhouse Films (2020) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (as Indicator) (included in "The Fu Manchu Cycle" box set)
- Estela Video (Spain) (VHS)
- Sinister Cinema (United States) (DVD)
- Taurus Video (Germany) (VHS)
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Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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 Dr. Nayland Smith. Written by crow_steve@hotmail.com |
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Taglines | HE'S BACK!!! The World's Most Evil Man with a Fiendish Plan of Conquest See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | All of the footage at the beginning featuring a large ocean liner striking an iceberg and sinking is stock footage from the British Titanic movie A Night to Remember (1958). See more » |
Goofs | The first scenes where Fu-Manchu is directing the sinking of the liner were the final scenes of a previous Fu-Manchu movie: The brides of Fu Manchu, where he shots his lieutenant who was trying to stop Fu Manchu surpass the maximum of the machine. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited from Campbell's Kingdom (1957). See more » |
Crazy Credits | Maria Perschy's character is called Dr. Ingrid Koch but on the credits her character's name is given as Marie. See more » |
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Fu Manchu:
The entrance to eternity. Beyond that door there is a tunnel which leads directly to the sea. Cisterns of water are poised above it. The touch of a lever will release hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into that tunnel, and combined with professor Heracles' crystals this can transform the entire sea into one gigantic block of ice. See more » |