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Bookmark this pageThe Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Director: Don Sharp
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From Time Out Film Guide
Sax Rohmer's fiendish Yellow Peril revived and played straight in a beautifully designed, perfectly paced and genuinely exciting thriller, with terrific performances from Lee (Fu Manchu) and Green (a magnificently imperturbable Nayland Smith). The Chinoiserie sets are gorgeous; even better are the locations, so carefully chosen for their period possibilities that the spirit of Feuillade hovers benignly over sequences like the great chase with rattletrap cars speeding along cobbled alleys while the pilot of a pursuing aeroplane leans, entrancingly, over the side to drop his squat, fin-tailed bombs by hand. Stylish, witty and a treat to watch.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Don Sharp
Producer: Peter Welbeck Harry Alan Towers
Cast: Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Tsai Chin, Howard Marion Crawford, Walter Rilla full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 94 mins
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