The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)

Regisseur:

Piers Haggard

Drehbuchautoren:

Rudy Dochtermann (writer)
Jim Moloney (writer)

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:

Fu fighter

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

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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Although the thought of a white person playing an Asian sort of makes us cringe, I wouldn't call Peter Sellers's final film (also David Tomlinson's final film) awful. Granted, this was probably less than they would have wanted to end with. But Sellers brings a certain charm to the double role of the 168-year-old titular character, trying to carry out a heist in 1930s England, and a British police officer hired to look for him.

Admittedly, "The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu" isn't any kind of masterpiece. It's kind of choppy and drags at times. But there are some funny scenes, and Sid Caesar's character has a name that makes you think "Uh-oh". I guess that at most, it's a way to pass time. Pretty much all the cast members have done much better than this. But it does elicit a few laughs. Also starring Helen Mirren, and even Burt Kwouk (better known as Cato in the "Pink Panther" movies) in a small role.