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Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Everett Brown
- Slave
- (uncredited)
Steve Clemente
- Knife Thrower
- (uncredited)
Willie Fung
- Ship's Steward
- (uncredited)
Ferdinand Gottschalk
- British Museum Official
- (uncredited)
Allen Jung
- Coolie
- (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai
- Swordsman
- (uncredited)
James B. Leong
- Guest
- (uncredited)
Oswald Marshall
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
- Potentate
- (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra
- Indian Prince
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBoris Karloff actually wore a Chinese woman's wedding dress as costume.
- GoofsFu tortures Barton to obtain the whereabouts of Genghis Khan's mask and scimitar. Later on Fu is shown to have a serum that brainwashes people, so the torture of Barton was needless.
- Alternate versionsIn the 1970's, "Mask of Fu Manchu" was cut slightly (by about 2 minutes), removing references deemed particularly offensive to the Asian-American community (including several racial remarks and an extended version of the famous whipping scene). It is actually this cut version which MGM/UA released in the early 1990's on videotape, although the deleted segments were restored for the print of "Mask of Fu Manchu" used for the later laserdisc release "MGM Horror Classics," and the more recent DVD release.
- ConnectionsEdited into Mondo Lugosi - A Vampire's Scrapbook (1987)
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This was a bit different with Boris Karloff playing an Asian "bad guy." He plays "Fu Manchu," and man who sets out to get Genghis Khan's mask and sword which supposedly will give him the power to rule over millions of people.
Despite the classic film casting of white people to play Asians, I found Karloff to be "cool" looking as was his evil daughter, a young Myrna Loy. I like Karen Morely, usually, but not in here where she plays an almost-hysterical daughter of one of the good guys.
"Fu Manchu" shows some of his unique methods of torture, nothing graphic, thankfully - not like today's blood and guts.
Some of this is amateurishly-done but overall it still a legitimate amount of real horror and terror and the cast certainly is entertaining. ("Andy Hardy" star Lewis Stone also is in here along with Jean Hersholt and Charles Starret.)
Summary: a decent and almost-mystical adventure story that doesn't overstay its welcome, either, at a tidy 68 minutes. Pretty good stuff.
Despite the classic film casting of white people to play Asians, I found Karloff to be "cool" looking as was his evil daughter, a young Myrna Loy. I like Karen Morely, usually, but not in here where she plays an almost-hysterical daughter of one of the good guys.
"Fu Manchu" shows some of his unique methods of torture, nothing graphic, thankfully - not like today's blood and guts.
Some of this is amateurishly-done but overall it still a legitimate amount of real horror and terror and the cast certainly is entertaining. ("Andy Hardy" star Lewis Stone also is in here along with Jean Hersholt and Charles Starret.)
Summary: a decent and almost-mystical adventure story that doesn't overstay its welcome, either, at a tidy 68 minutes. Pretty good stuff.
- ccthemovieman-1
- May 19, 2006
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- Gospodar Azije
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- Budget
- $327,627 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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