The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
- Peter Sellers: Dennis Nayland Smith / Fu Manchu
- David Tomlinson: Sir Roger Avery
- Sid Caesar: Joe Capone
- Helen Mirren: Alice Rage
- John Sharp: Sir Nules Thudd
- Simon Williams: Robert Townsend
- Steve Franks: Peter Williams
- Stratford Johns: Ismael
- John Le Mesurier: Perkins
- Cláment Harari: Dr. Arnold Wretch
The wicked game of Dr. Fu Manchu is a comedy film from British-American co-production. It is the last film of actor Peter Sellers and David Tomlinson. The film was released in Germany on 19 December 1980.
Action
Dr. Fu Man Chu is celebrating its 168th birthday. But when he wants to take a potion to him, prolongs his life, this is spilled by one of his servants by a mishap. He did not have much time to procure the ingredients for a new potion. Since the ingredients are also constituents of the English Kronschatzes, so he gets in trouble with the police. This seeks advice from the living retired inspector Nayland Smith, an old nemesis Dr. Fu Man Chu.
The film ends with Fu Manchu produces a new elixir of life and his life not only extends, but also rejuvenated. The representatives of the FBI and Scotland Yard get back the stolen items.
Background
- During pre-production Richard Quine directed. When shooting began, Piers Haggard took over this role, which in turn was replaced during production of Peter Sellers.
- Burt Kwouk who plays the films of the Pink Panther series Clouseau's servant Kato, here plays the role of the servant who buried the beginning of the film, the elixir of life. His appearance commented embodied by Sellers Fu Man Chu " You are known to me. "
- Helen Mirren in the film sings the title Daddy Would not Buy Me a Bow Wow.
Reviews
- "(...) Although well played by Peter Sellers in the dual role, let the idea of poverty, lack of pace, unimaginative staging and lean benefits the rest of the cast quickly get bored. " ( Encyclopedia of the International Films)