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Poster for The Castle of Fu Manchu

The Castle of Fu Manchu

Seen it?

1969 | 92 min | Crime, Adventure, Horror

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for crime fans, horror fans and adventure fans. If you loved Creature from the Black Lagoon, start here.
The mood
Scary, gritty.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 32 min.
What might put you off
  • Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
  • Made in 1969: an older pace and style.

The evil mastermind Fu Manchu plots his latest scheme to basically freeze over the Earth's oceans with his diabolical new device. Opposing him is his arch-nemesis, Interpol's very British Nayland Smith.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 12K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Jesús Franco

  • Christopher LeeDr. Fu Man Chu
  • Richard GreeneNayland Smith
  • Howard Marion-CrawfordDr. Petrie
  • Tsai ChinLin Tang
  • Günther StollCurt
  • Rosalba NeriLisa
  • Maria PerschyMarie
  • José Manuel MartínOmar Pashu
  • Werner AbrolatMelnik
  • Jesús FrancoInsp. Ahmet