The Mask of Fu Manchu

The Mask of Fu Manchu

1932 · 68 min · EN · 5.5 (71 votes)
Dir. Charles Brabin · Starring Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt · Music William Axt

The Frankenstein of the Orient!

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The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

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A thrilling, exotic adventure steeped in pulp sensibilities. It feels like a relic from a bygone era, full of sinister plots and grand, if problematic, spectacle. A true taste of old-school, sensationalist cinema.

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