The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

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PG 1980 · 108 min · ★ 4.9 · Comedy, Horror, Crime

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu.

Directed by Piers Haggard · Written by Jim Moloney

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Peter Sellers Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
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 Thuud
Clément Harari Dr. Wretch
Kwan-Young Lee Tang
Burt Kwouk Fu Manchu's Servant

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