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Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
Directed by John English, William Witney
“CRUEL, INSIDIOUS IN HIS MAD SCHEME TO CONQUER ASIA!”
Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 4h 29m
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.
Cast
Henry Brandon
Dr. Fu Man Chu
William Royle
Sir Dennis Nayland Smith
Robert Kellard
Allan Parker
Luana Walters
Mary Randolph
Olaf Hytten
Dr. Petrie
Tom Chatterton
Prof. Randolph
Gloria Franklin
Fah-Lo-Suee
John Merton
Loki
George Cleveland
Dr. James Parker
John Dilson
Prof. Ezra Howard
Dwight Frye
Prof. Anderson
Wheaton Chambers
Dr. Humphrey
Crew
- Director
- John English, William Witney
- Screenplay
- Barney A. Sarecky, Ronald Davidson, Norman S. Hall, Franklin Adreon, Sol Shor, Morgan Cox
- Novel
- Sax Rohmer
- Director of Photography
- William Nobles
- Original Music Composer
- Paul Sawtell, Cy Feuer
- Editor
- Edward Todd, William P. Thompson
- Producer
- Hiram S. Brown Jr.
Details
- Release date
- 1940-03-15
- Runtime
- 4h 29m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Action
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America