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The Brides of Fu Manchu

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'The Brides of Fu Manchu' is a 1966 British/West German Constantin Film co-production adventure crime film based on the fictional Chinese villain Dr. Fu Manchu, created by Sax Rohmer. It was the second film in a series, and was preceded by 'The Face of Fu Manchu'. 'The Vengeance of Fu Manchu' followed in 1967, 'The Blood of Fu Manchu' in 1968, and 'The Castle of Fu Manchu' in 1969. It was produced by Harry Alan Towers for Hallam Productions. Like the first film, it was directed by Don Sharp, and starred Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu. Nigel Green was replaced by Douglas Wilmer as Scotland Yard detective Nayland Smith.

The action takes place mainly in London, where much of the location filming took place.

Plot



In 1924, Dr. Fu Manchu, his army of dacoits and his vicious daughter Lin Tang are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his hidden base in the Atlas Mountains, where he demands that their fathers help him to build a device that transmits blast waves through a radio transmitter, which he intends to use to take over the world. He plans to keep (even wed) the girls in question. But Dr. Fu Manchu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.

Cast



Credits adapted from the booklet of the Powerhouse Films Blu-ray boxset 'The Fu Manchu Cycle: 1965-1969'.

* Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu

* Douglas Wilmer as Nayland Smith

* Heinz Drache as Franz Baumer

* Marie Versini as Marie Lentz

* Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie

* Tsai Chin as Lin Tang

* Rupert Davies as Jules Merlin

* Kenneth Fortescue as Sergeant Spicer

* Joseph Furst as Otto Lentz

* Roger Hanin as Inspector Pierre Grimaldi

* Harald Leipnitz as Nikki Sheldon

* Carole Gray as Michel Merlin

* Burt Kwouk as Feng

* Salmaan Peerzada as Abdul

* Eric Young as Control Assistant

* Wendy Gifford as Louise

* Poulet Tu as Lotus

* Sally Sheridan as Shiva

* Denis Holmes as Constable

* Maureen Beck as Nurse Brown

* Michael Chow as Guard

* Kristopher Kum as Wireless Operator

* Tommy Yapp as Dacoit

'The Brides of Fu Manchu'

*Ulla Berglin

*Danielle Defrre

*Evelyne Dhliat

*Yvonne Ekmann

*Anje Langstraat

*Katerina Quest

*Lucille Soong

*Christine Rau

*Gaby Schr

Production



Sharp recalled producer Harry Alan Towers used the film to showcase "young and beautiful actresses". It was shot at Bray Studios (UK). Nigel Green was not available to repeat his performance as Neyland Smith so he was replaced by Douglas Wilmer. Sharp recalled filming went "smoothly but already the signs were there that" Towers could make Fu Manchu movies without having to "worry too much because the stories were okay. Well, there was more to making the movies than that."

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