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The Brides of Fu Manchu

1966 · 94 min

A colourful, old-fashioned pulp adventure with a hissable villain, exotic lairs and plucky heroes racing to foil a mad scheme.

Overview
This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • crime
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour3
Realism3
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
crime, adventure
Directed by
Don Sharp
Written by
Harry Alan Towers, Don Sharp
Starring
Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer, Heinz Drache, Marie Versini, Howard Marion-Crawford, Tsai Chin, Rupert Davies, Kenneth Fortescue
Cinematography
Ernest Steward
Runtime
94 min
Country
Germany, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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