Review of The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) by Neil O — 19 Jun 2011
Featuring an interesting mix of British and German actors, and primarily lensed in Dublin, this is the best of the 5 film series of Christopher Lee/Fu Manchu pictures, each featuring diminishing returns.
Harry Alan Towers, under his Peter Welbeck pseudonym co-wrote the scripts to all five of the films, but despite being a fan of the books, he was never able to capture Fu Manchu as Sax Rohmer had intended though Lee steels the picture in every film.
Hammer regular director Don Sharp had estabilshed himself with Kiss of the Vampire (1963) and Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) forthe company, and here proved himself effectively here in his first film in the series with some very effectively eerie sequences.
This review of The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) was written by Neil O on 19 Jun 2011.
The Face of Fu Manchu has generally received mixed reviews.
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