| The Face of Fu Manchu | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster by Mitchell Hooks | |
| Directed by | Don Sharp |
| Screenplay by | Peter Welbeck |
| Based on | Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer |
| Produced by | Harry Alan Towers |
| Starring | Christopher Lee Nigel Green Joachim Fuchsberger Karin Dor Tsai Chin James Robertson Justice |
| Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
| Edited by | John Trumper |
| Music by | Christopher Whelen |
Production companies | Hallam Productions Constantin Film |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Warner-Pathé (UK) Constantin Film (West Germany) |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom West Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £150,000[1] |
| Box office | $1.3 million[2] |
The Face of Fu Manchu is a 1965 thriller film directed by Don Sharp and based on the characters created by Sax Rohmer. It stars Christopher Lee as the eponymous villain, a Chinese criminal mastermind, and Nigel Green as his pursuing rival Nayland Smith, a Scotland Yard detective.
The film was a British-West German co-production, and was the first in a five-part series starring Lee and produced by Harry Alan Towers for Constantin Film, the second of which was The Brides of Fu Manchu released the next year, with the final entry being The Castle of Fu Manchu in 1969. Only the first two were directed by Sharp.[3]
It was shot in Technicolor and Techniscope on location in County Dublin, Ireland.
- ^ Enter the Chop Suey Bond Author: Barry Norman Date: Friday, 19 Mar. 1965 Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 21427 p 10
- ^ Anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Top Grossers of 1965", Variety, 5 January 1966 p 36
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 July 2019). "Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25". Filmink.