The second in a cycle of five films reviving sax rohmer's chinese super villain, fu manchu, from maverick british producer and writer harry alan towers venus in furs.directed with aplomb by don sharp the face of fu manchu, this fast moving horror adventure sees the criminal mastermind fu manchu christopher lee, i, monster and his evil offspring lin tang tsai chin, you only live twice kidnap the daughters of several world famous scientists.his plan is to force their fathers to develop a powerful death ray with which he will bring the world to its knees'. '.strtoupper('o')nly scotland yard's finest, nayland smith douglas wilmer, the golden voyage of sinbad, and his right hand man dr petrie howard marion crawford, gideon's day can save the day...restoration from a 4k scan of the original negativetwo presentations of the film the original uk theatrical version 94 mins and the original us theatrical version with unique prologue 95 minsoriginal mono audioaudio commentary with film historians kevin lyons and jonathan rigby 2020the behp interview with don sharp part two a director of substance 1993, 95 mins archival audio recording, made as part of the british entertainment history project, featuring sharp in conversation with teddy darvas and alan lawsonthe behp interview with ernest steward part two from teddington to 'carry on' 1990, 93 mins archival audio recording of an interview with the respected cinematographer, made as part of the british entertainment history projectthe guardian interview with christopher lee 1994, 87 mins wide ranging onstage interview with the legendary actor, conducted by the film critic david robinsonvic pratt introduces 'the brides of fu manchu' 2020, 7 mins appreciation by the bfi curatorpages of peril 2020, 21 mins genre film expert, critic and author kim newman discusses sax ohmer and the fu manchu novelsoriginal theatrical trailertv spotimage gallery promotional and publicity materialnew and improved english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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