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The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

- 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.

Release Date : 1929-08-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesRowland V. Lee Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Warner Oland

Character Name : Dr. Fu Manchu

Original Name : Warner Oland

Gender : Male

Neil Hamilton

Character Name : Dr. Jack Petrie

Original Name : Neil Hamilton

Gender : Male

Jean Arthur

Character Name : Lia Eltham

Original Name : Jean Arthur

Gender : Female

O. P. Heggie

Character Name : Inspector Nayland Smith

Original Name : O. P. Heggie

Gender : Male

William Austin

Character Name : Sylvester Wadsworth

Original Name : William Austin

Gender : Male

Claude King

Character Name : Sir John Petrie

Original Name : Claude King

Gender : Male

Charles A. Stevenson

Character Name : General Petrie

Original Name : Charles A. Stevenson

Gender : Male

Evelyn Selbie

Character Name : Fai Lu

Original Name : Evelyn Selbie

Gender : Female

Noble Johnson

Character Name : Li Po

Original Name : Noble Johnson

Gender : Male

Laska Winter

Character Name : Fu Mela

Original Name : Laska Winter

Gender : Female

Wong Chung

Character Name : Chinese Official (uncredited)

Original Name : Wong Chung

Gender : Male

Lawford Davidson

Character Name :

Original Name : Lawford Davidson

Gender : Male

Chappell Dossett

Character Name :

Original Name : Chappell Dossett

Gender : Male

Charles Giblyn

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles Giblyn

Gender : Male

Donald MacKenzie

Character Name :

Original Name : Donald MacKenzie

Gender : Male

Tully Marshall

Character Name :

Original Name : Tully Marshall

Gender : Male

Evelyn Mills

Character Name :

Original Name : Evelyn Mills

Gender : Male

William J. O'Brien

Character Name :

Original Name : William J. O'Brien

Gender : Male

Charles Stevens

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles Stevens

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-08-01

The eponymous Chinese gentlemen is sure that his house will be safe during the famous Boxer revolution that attempted to drive the foreign devils from their country at the start of the 20th century. Reduced to just the British legation, though, the Europeans fight back and his home is accidentally struck resulting in a devastating tragedy. This kindly gent now swears vengeance on those who instigated those killings and over a period of years, he narrows down his dwindling list of targets to just the London-based "Petrie" family. Luckily, Scotland Yard's finest - "Insp. Nayland Smith" (O.P. Heggie) is on the case to try and stop the body count from mounting - but is he a match for the fiendishly clever "Fu Manchu" (Warner Oland)? It's probably about twenty minutes too long this - and most of that could be cut from the rather meandering denouement; but Oland makes for quite an entertainingly vengeful villain and Heggie turns in a decent effort too as the shrewd detective. Otherwise, the lighting needed extra wattage and the dialogue maybe a little less verbiage as the story takes us down loads of secret passages and introduces us to the unforgiving ancestors. I actually had some sympathy with the baddies all along here and quite enjoyed this mystically charged thriller.