The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)

DANGER - MYSTERY - THRILLS you'll never forget!

A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.

Date of release
1929-08-10
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Crime, Romance, Thriller
Director
Rowland V. Lee
Collection
Fu Manchu (Warner Oland) Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Warner Oland as Dr. Fu Manchu. It was the first Fu Manchu film of the talkie era. Since this was during the transition period to sound, a silent version was also released in the United States, although only the sound version exists today.

Production

The film was very loosely based on the 1913 novel The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer. The lead character of the novel, Sir Nayland Smith, is played down in this film, and the secondary hero, Dr. Petrie, becomes the main character.

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