The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)

Regisseur:

Piers Haggard
(mehr)

Drehbuchautoren:

Rudy Dochtermann (writer)
Jim Moloney (writer)
(mehr)

Premierendatum:

8. August 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

BEWARE! See this movie - An hour later you'll want to see it again!

Plot:

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae...

Plot Keywords:

Fu Manchu | Chinese | Detective | Jewel Thief | Mummy

Nutzerkommentare:

A delightful film . . . for those who get it

Besetzung

Peter Sellers	...	Dennis Nayland Smith / Dr. Fu('Fred') Manchu
Helen Mirren	...	Alice Rage
David Tomlinson	...	Sir Roger Avery
Sid Caesar	...	Joe Capone
Simon Williams	...	Robert Townsend
Steve Franken	...	Peter Williams
Stratford Johns	...	Ismail
John Le Mesurier	...	Perkins
John Sharp	...	Sir Nules Thudd
Clément Harari	...	Doctor Arnold Wretch
Kwan-Young Lee	...	Tong
John Tan	...	Dacoit
Philip Tan	...	Dacoit
Serge Julien	...	Dacoit
Johns Rajohnson	...	Dacoit
Pralith Jngam Oeurn	...	Dacoit
Lim Bun Song	...	Dacoit
Clive Dunn	...	Keeper of the Keys - London Tower
Burt Kwouk	...	Fu Manchu's Servant
John Taylor	...	Mr. Sellers' Double
Katia Tchenko	...	Tour Guide (as Katia Chenko)
David Powers	...	Bedser
Marc Wilkinson	...	Conductor
Grace Coyle	...	Queen Mary
Jacqueline Fogt	...	Woman Dignitary
Iska Khan	...	Sergeant to Fu Manchu
George Hilsdon	...	News Vendor
Rene Aranda	...	King George V
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Peter Dean	...	Museum Guard (uncredited)
Derek Martin	...	Museum Guard (uncredited)

Regie
Piers Haggard
Richard Quine		(uncredited)
Peter Sellers		(uncredited)

Buch (In alphabetischer Reihenfolge)
Rudy Dochtermann		writer
Jim Moloney		writer
Sax Rohmer		novel

Produktion
Zev Braun	....	producer
Lynne Frederick	....	executive producer
Hugh M. Hefner	....	executive producer
Leland Nolan	....	producer

Originalmusik
Marc Wilkinson

Kamera
Jean Tournier

Schnitt
Claudine Bouché
Russell Lloyd

Szenenbild
Alexandre Trauner

Kostüme
John Bloomfield

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
John L. Hargreaves	....	post-production supervisor

Ausstattung (Stab)
Kurt V. Hulett	....	set dresser
Tony Inglis	....	assistant art director

Ton Stab
Daniel Brisseau	....	sound engineer
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Bruce McBroom	....	still photographer

Musik (Stab)
John A. Coleman	....	orchestrator
Marc Wilkinson	....	conductor

Restlicher Stab
Alice Ziller	....	continuity

Produktionsfirmen

• Braun Entertainment Group
• Playboy Enterprises

Verleihfirmen

• Orion Pictures Corporation (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1980) (USA) (theatrical) (through)
• CBS Television (1985) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Warner Home Video (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)

Alternativ:

Fu Manchu (UK) (working title)
Boshafte Spiel des Dr. Fu Man Chu, Das (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

USA:108 Min | Norway:101 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:S | Norway:12 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Australia:PG

Firma:

Braun Entertainment Group

Dies und das:

Peter Sellers had such a weak heart, that he was advised not to make this film at all. He ignored that advice and did the movie anyway. It was to be his final film.

Dialogzitate:

Fu Manchu: You were the only worthy adversary I ever had Nayland, the only one.
Nayland Smith: But I hated you Fu. Oh God, did I hate you.
Fu Manchu: Yes, but they were the good old days.

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A delightful film . . . for those who get it

I have always been a bit mystified at the rather harsh critical reaction this film received when released in 1980. Granted, it does trade in some Asian stereotypes (as well as American and English stereotypes), but then one should remember that the film was a send-up of the original Fu Manchu novels and films, which were largely "Yellow Peril" fantasies. Further granted that it was not Peter Sellers best film. Still, despite some bits that fall a bit flat, it is a genuinely funny film with good performances, especially from Sellers in his dual role, and Helen Mirren, as the PC with the acting bug turned femme fatale. Not necessarily for Sellers fans only, but it does help if you already have some familiarity with the Fu Manchu character.