The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

Overview:

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.

Released: 1980-08-08

Duration: 01:48:00

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror

Tags: Parody

Keywords: Methuselah, Youth Potion, Man Caught On Fire, ...

Director: Piers Haggard

Writer: Sax Rohmer, Rudy Dochtermann, Jim Moloney

Cast: Burt Kwouk, John Le Mesurier, Clément Harari, ...

Director: Piers Haggard

Writer: Sax Rohmer Rudy Dochtermann Jim Moloney

Cast: Burt Kwouk John Le Mesurier Clément Harari Derek Martin David Tomlinson Sid Caesar Peter Sellers Helen Mirren Steve Franken John Sharp Simon Williams Stratford Johns Kwan-Young Lee

Genre: Comedy Crime Horror

Tags: Parody

Keywords: Methuselah Youth Potion Man Caught On Fire Supervillain Asian Stereotype Confusing Ending Rock Music Food Lover Rock Performance Joke Ending Villain Wins Actor Playing Both Hero And Villain Police Detective Destroying A Toy Soviet Communism Evil Music Stolen Crown Jewels Hero Villain Relationship Bygone Era Melancholic Ending Recapturing Youth Elixir Of Life Rock Song Fear Of Growing Old Kidnapping Literature On Screen European Literature On Screen British Literature On Screen 20th Century Literature On Screen Birthday Birthday Song 168th Birthday 168 Year Old Old Man Unnatural Longevity Longevity Serum Elixir Vitae Elixir Of Immortality Man On Fire Reference To Vincent Van Gogh Dacoit Martial Arts Training Year 1933 1930s Interwar Period Washington D.c. Reference To Leningrad Reference To Karl Marx Reference To Friedrich Engels Reference To Vladimir Lenin Reference To Joseph Stalin Barefoot Barefoot Man Reference To Czar Nicholas Ii Reference To King George V Diamond Stolen Diamond United Kingdom Europe Scotland Yard Rain Rainy Weather Reference To J. Edgar Hoover Si Fan Returning From Retirement Nayland Smith Fbi Agent American Abroad Reference To San Francisco Reference To Clark Gable Reference To Spencer Tracy Reference To Jeanette Macdonald Lawn Mower Spider Mechanical Spider Reference To The Nile River Reference To Zagreb Good Versus Evil Yin Yang British Museum Museum Reference To Ural Mountains Tower Of London Reference To Sing Sing Prison Electric Chair Chinese Restaurant Audition Reference To Mary Of Teck Reference To Queen Consort Mary Of Teck London Times The Newspaper Female Police Officer Constable Decoy Setting A Trap Anesthetic Gas Anaesthetic Anesthetic Botany Scroll Union Jack Gas Mask Mutation Mutated Plant George V House Of Windsor Blowpipe Mary Of Teck Unpaid Sticking Out Tongue Impersonator Addictive Substance Reference To Eton College Older Man Younger Woman Romance Truncheon Baton Obesity Obese Man Food Addict Food Addiction Stilts Walking On Stilts Chinese Food Beefeaters The Yeomen Warders Reference To Franklin D. Roosevelt Plan To Take Over The World Taking Over The World Himalayas Asia Defector Switching Sides Country House Flying House Reference To Wiltshire Rural Setting Reference To The Indiana University School Of Medicine Rejuvenation Butler Fbi Federal Bureau Of Investigation Dance Party Ending Steampunk Fantasy Kidnapping A Woman Parody Comedy Sellers And Kwouk 168 Year Old Man Fu Manchu England Protagonist And Antagonist Played By Same Actor Steampunk Comedy Steampunk Lead Actor's Last Film Spoof Yellowface Star Died Before Release Caucasian Actor Playing Asian Character Undercover Cop Umbrella Police Pistol Martial Arts London, England Lawnmower Jewel Goatee France Cottage China Detective Robbery Jewel Thief Chinese Actor Playing Multiple Roles Saxophone Mummy Based On Novel Independent Film Character Name In Title

Description

Fu Manchu's (Peter Sellers') 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, D.C. The F.B.I. sends Agents Joe Capone (Sid Caesar) and Pete Williams (Steve Franken) to England to confer with Sir Dennis Nayland Smith (Peter Sellers), an expert on Fu. Nayland suspects Fu will kidnap King George V (Rene Aranda) and Queen Mary (Grace Coyle) and demand the George V diamond as ransom. Scotland Yard recruits Alice Rage (Dame Helen Mirren) to stand-in for the Queen. Fu nabs the "fake" Queen; Rage becomes enamored of Fu and aids him in his quest for the George V diamond.

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.