The Castle of Fu Manchu

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The Castle of Fu Manchu poster

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Also Known As

  • Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu (UK / USA)
  • Assignment Istanbul
  • Il Castello di Fu Manchu (Italy)
  • El Castillo de Fu-Manchu (Spain)
  • Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu (Germany)
  • Fu Manchu's Castle
  • Fu-Manchu, o arhon tou mystiriou (Greece)
  • O Pyrgos tou Fu-Manchu (Greece) (reissue title)
  • The Torture Chamber of Fu Manchu

Tagline

  • He's Back!!! The World's Most Evil Man with a Fiendish Plan of Conquest

Main Details

  • Released in 1969
  • Color
  • Running Time: USA:98 min (DVD version) | Germany:85 min | Spain:92 min | USA:92 min
  • Production Co: Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas | International Cinema | Italian International Film (co-production) | Terra-Filmkunst (co-production) | Tilma Films | Towers of London (associate production)
  • Distribution Co: International Cinema Corp. (1972) (USA) (theatrical) | Anglo-EMI Film Distributors (1972) (UK) (theatrical) | MGM-EMI (1972) (UK) (theatrical) | Maron Films (1973) (USA) (theatrical) | International Film Distributors (1975) (Canada) (theatrical)

Cast and Crew

  • Directed by Jess Franco
  • Written by Jaime Jesús Balcázar, Manfred Barthel, Michael Haller, Sax Rohmer, Harry Alan Towers
  • Starring Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Howard Marion-Crawford, Rosalba Neri
  • Produced by Harry Alan Towers, Jaime Jesús Balcázar
  • Original Music by Carlos Camilleri, Malcomb Shelby
  • Cinematography by Manuel Merino
  • Film Editing by John Colville
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