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The Face of Fu Manchu
The Face of Fu Manchu is a 1965 thriller film directed by Don Sharp and based on the characters created by Sax Rohmer. It stars Christopher Lee as the eponymous villain, a Chinese criminal mastermind, and Nigel Green as his pursuing rival Nayland Smith, a Scotland Yard detective.
The film was a British-West German co-production, and was the first in a five-part series starring Lee and produced by Harry Alan Towers for Constantin Film, the second of which was The Brides of Fu Manchu released the next year, with the final entry being The Castle of Fu Manchu in 1969. Only the first two were directed by Sharp.
It was shot in Technicolor and Techniscope on location in County Dublin, Ireland. The film has been called Towers' best movie.
The beheading of Dr Fu Manchu is witnessed in China by his nemesis, Nayland Smith. Back in London, however, it is increasingly apparent to Smith—now assistant commissioner in Scotland Yard— that the international criminal mastermind is still operating. Smith determines that a hypnotized actor took Dr Fu Manchu's place. The villain kidnaps the esteemed Professor Muller, whose research holds the key to realizing an ancient Tibetan legend. A deadly poison created from the seeds of a rare Tibetan flower—the Blackhill poppy—is supposed to carry the secret of eternal life. A pint of this poison is powerful enough to kill every person and animal in London.
Nayland Smith correctly deduces that Professor Muller received his supply of Blackhill poppy seeds from illegal drug trade. When Fu Manchu cut off the drug trade, the poppy seeds could only be acquired from Hanuman, a warehouse owner who is secretly in cahoots with Fu Manchu.
Nayland Smith meets Hanuman in his warehouse to question him on the whereabouts of Professor Muller. Hanuman pulls a gun on Smith, who is able to knock him out and flee.
Smith deliberately ignores Hanuman's secretary, whom he recognizes as Lin Tang, Fu Manchu's daughter and partner-in-crime. Lin Tang recognized Nayland Smith and told Hanuman to kill him.
Hanuman and Lin Tang go to a secret base under the River Thames. There, Lin Tang informs her father that his nemesis is interfering with their plans. Meanwhile, Professor Muller has refused to divulge how to extract the poisonous essence from the seeds. Fu Manchu has his henchmen kidnap the professor's daughter, Maria. After watching the execution-by-drowning of one of Fu Manchu's female servants, Professor Muller reveals that the Grand Lama gave key documents to Professor Gaskel during the Younghusband expedition and are currently locked in a vault in a guarded room of the Museum of Oriental Studies.
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The Face of Fu Manchu
The Face of Fu Manchu is a 1965 thriller film directed by Don Sharp and based on the characters created by Sax Rohmer. It stars Christopher Lee as the eponymous villain, a Chinese criminal mastermind, and Nigel Green as his pursuing rival Nayland Smith, a Scotland Yard detective.
The film was a British-West German co-production, and was the first in a five-part series starring Lee and produced by Harry Alan Towers for Constantin Film, the second of which was The Brides of Fu Manchu released the next year, with the final entry being The Castle of Fu Manchu in 1969. Only the first two were directed by Sharp.
It was shot in Technicolor and Techniscope on location in County Dublin, Ireland. The film has been called Towers' best movie.
The beheading of Dr Fu Manchu is witnessed in China by his nemesis, Nayland Smith. Back in London, however, it is increasingly apparent to Smith—now assistant commissioner in Scotland Yard— that the international criminal mastermind is still operating. Smith determines that a hypnotized actor took Dr Fu Manchu's place. The villain kidnaps the esteemed Professor Muller, whose research holds the key to realizing an ancient Tibetan legend. A deadly poison created from the seeds of a rare Tibetan flower—the Blackhill poppy—is supposed to carry the secret of eternal life. A pint of this poison is powerful enough to kill every person and animal in London.
Nayland Smith correctly deduces that Professor Muller received his supply of Blackhill poppy seeds from illegal drug trade. When Fu Manchu cut off the drug trade, the poppy seeds could only be acquired from Hanuman, a warehouse owner who is secretly in cahoots with Fu Manchu.
Nayland Smith meets Hanuman in his warehouse to question him on the whereabouts of Professor Muller. Hanuman pulls a gun on Smith, who is able to knock him out and flee.
Smith deliberately ignores Hanuman's secretary, whom he recognizes as Lin Tang, Fu Manchu's daughter and partner-in-crime. Lin Tang recognized Nayland Smith and told Hanuman to kill him.
Hanuman and Lin Tang go to a secret base under the River Thames. There, Lin Tang informs her father that his nemesis is interfering with their plans. Meanwhile, Professor Muller has refused to divulge how to extract the poisonous essence from the seeds. Fu Manchu has his henchmen kidnap the professor's daughter, Maria. After watching the execution-by-drowning of one of Fu Manchu's female servants, Professor Muller reveals that the Grand Lama gave key documents to Professor Gaskel during the Younghusband expedition and are currently locked in a vault in a guarded room of the Museum of Oriental Studies.