The Castle of Fu Manchu

The Castle of Fu Manchu
Original German language poster
Directed by	Jesus Franco
Produced by	Harry Alan Towers
Written by	Jaime Jesús Balcázar Manfred Barthel Michael Haller Sax Rohmer [characters] 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
Edited by	John Colville Hermann Storr
Release dates	30 May 1969 (1969-05-30)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	West Germany Italy Spain United Kingdom Liechtenstein
Language	English

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 on location in Spain and Istanbul and originally released in West Germany in 1969. It was directed by Jesús 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.

Plot

Supercriminal 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 Fu Manchu doublecrosses), Fu Manchu takes over the governor's castle in Istanbul which has a massive Opium reserve, to control the largest opium port in Anatolia, a fuel for his machine. 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 Interpol, is his nemesis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie.

Cast

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

Popular culture

Airing on 18 January 1992 The Castle of Fu Manchu in its entirety, was 'riffed' on the Comedy Central television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Season 3 Episode 23.

External links

• The Castle of Fu Manchu at IMDb