The Castle of Fu Manchu

The Castle of Fu Manchu
The Castle of Fu Manchu

Original German language poster
Directed by Jesus Franco
Produced by Harry Alan Towers
Written by Jaime Jesús Balcázar
Manfred Barthel
Michael Haller
Sax Rohmer [characters]
Harry Alan Towers
Starring Christopher Lee
Richard Greene
Howard Marion-Crawford
Günther Stoll
Rosalba Neri
Maria Perschy
José Manuel Martín
Music by Carlos Camilleri
Malcomb Shelby
Cinematography Manuel Merino
Editing by John Colville
Hermann Storr
Release date(s) May 30, 1969 (1969-05-30)
Running time 88 minutes
Country Germany
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
Liechtenstein
Language English

The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) also known by its German title Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu, is the fifth and final Fu Manchu film with Christopher Lee portraying the title character. The spy/crime film was filmed on location in Spain and Istanbul and originally released in West Germany in 1969. It was directed by Jesús Franco and also stars Richard Greene as Nayland Smith and Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie. Its other titles are Assignment Istanbul and The Torture Chamber of Fu Manchu.

In the film, set in the 1920s as all of the series, Fu Manchu plots to freeze the world's oceans with a diabolical new device. With his evil daughter, Lin Tang, his army of dacoits, and the help of the local crime organization led by Omar Pashu (whom Fu Manchu doublecrosses), Fu Manchu takes over the governor's castle in Istanbul which has a massive Opium reserve, to control the largest opium port in Anatolia, a fuel for his machine. He needs the help of an intelligent scientist with an ailing heart whom he has imprisoned so kidnaps a doctor and his wife to give him a heart transplant from one of his obedient servants. Opposing him from Britain's Interpol, is his arch-nemesis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie.

Mystery Science Theater 3000

The film was later shown in 1992 during Mystery Science Theater 3000's third season. The episode is well known for the movie being so bad that the bots are not able to make it through well during the movie, to the point they always break down in tears in every host segment while the Mads laugh evilly at their pain. Eventually, the crew on the SOL makes the Mads attempt to riff the movie, to which they accept, but also discover how bad the movie is to the point they can barely make any good jokes, marking victory for the SOL.

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