Screenplay: Sax Rohmer
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Sax Rohmer. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Charles Brabin · Charles Vidor
Cast Boris Karloff · Lewis Stone · Karen Morley · Charles Starrett
Plot Sir Lionel Barton leads a British expedition to Mongolia to find the Golden Death Mask and Scimitar of Genghis Khan. They are in a race to find the artifacts before...
5.8
529 votes
5.8
529 votes
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Don Sharp
Cast Christopher Lee · Nigel Green · Joachim Fuchsberger · Karin Dor
Plot Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility of the fiendish Fu Manchu may not be dead after all, even though Smith witnessed his execution....
5.1
485 votes
5.1
485 votes
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
1967 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jeremy Summers
Cast Christopher Lee · Douglas Wilmer · Tsai Chin · Horst Frank
Plot In his remote Asian hideaway the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival, Inspector Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, as the first step in his...
5.0
399 votes
5.0
399 votes
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Piers Haggard
Cast Peter Sellers · Helen Mirren · David Tomlinson · Sid Caesar
Plot Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir,...
5.0
304 votes
5.0
304 votes
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Don Sharp
Cast Christopher Lee · Douglas Wilmer · Heinz Drache · Marie Versini
Plot Christopher Lee returns as Sax Rohmer's insidious Asian villain Fu Manchu, in this time Fu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them...
4.8
174 votes
4.8
174 votes
The Seven Secrets of Sumuru
1969 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Jesús Franco
Cast Shirley Eaton · Richard Wyler · George Sanders · Maria Rohm
Plot Sumuru, the beautiful leader of the all-female kingdom of Femina, plans to use her women to take over the world.
4.2
80 votes
4.2
80 votes
The Million Eyes of Sumuru
1967 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lindsay Shonteff
Cast Shirley Eaton · Frankie Avalon · George Nader · Wilfrid Hyde-White
Plot Two Yankee spies team up with British intelligence to stop the beautiful but deadly Su-Muru, a woman with eyes literally on ruling the world. Having gathered an enormous army of...
4.2
29 votes
4.2
29 votes
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969 · Movie · 92 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Jesús Franco
Cast Christopher Lee · Richard Greene · Howard Marion-Crawford · Günther Stoll
Plot The evil mastermind Fu Manchu plots his latest scheme to basically freeze over the Earth's oceans with his diabolical new device. Opposing him is his arch-nemesis, Interpol's very British Dr....
3.7
351 votes
3.7
351 votes
Have You Got Any Castles? (S)
1938 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Frank Tashlin · Friz Freleng
Plot Another entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably the various pages of Green Pastures...
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The Golden Pomegranates
1924 · Movie · 35 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Fred Paul
Cast H. Agar Lyons · Fred Paul · Dorinea Shirley · Frank Wilson
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Drums of Fu Manchu
1943 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction William Witney · John English
Cast Henry Brandon · William Royle · Robert Kellard · Gloria Franklin
Plot Dr. Fu Manchu is trying to take over the world by using the scepter of Genghis Khan, who was hidden in his tomb. With this scepter Fu Manchu gets all...
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Daughter of the Dragon
1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Corrigan
Cast Anna May Wong · Warner Oland · Sessue Hayakawa · Bramwell Fletcher
Plot Princess Ling Moy, a young and beautiful Chinese aristocrat lives next door, unbeknownst to her, to Dr. Fu Manchu, a brilliant but twisted genius who is out to rule the...
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Slave of Crime
1987 · Movie · 85 min. · Spain
Direction Jesús Franco
Cast Marco Moriarty · Lina Romay · Mel Rodrigo · Maite Saury
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The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu
1923 · Movie · 551 min. · United Kingdom
Direction A.E. Coleby
Cast H. Agar Lyons · Fred Paul · Joan Clarkson · Humberston Wright
Plot The adventures of Dr Nayland Smith and his attempts to capture his elusive arch-enemy, the villainous Dr Fu Manchu. Series of 15 shorts, each with a self-contained story: 1. The...
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The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (TV Series)
1956 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Franklin Adreon · William Witney
Cast Glen Gordon · Lester Matthews · Clark Howat · Carla Balenda
Plot Dr. Fu Manchu, evil genius and possessor of seemingly unlimited financial resources, has pledged to bring about the downfall of western civilization to avenge unknown wrongs of the past. Only...
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Drums of Fu Manchu
1940 · Movie · 269 min. · United States
Direction John English · William Witney
Cast Henry Brandon · William Royle · Robert Kellard · Gloria Franklin
Plot The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His...
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The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Rowland V. Lee
Cast Warner Oland · O.P. Heggie · Jean Arthur · Neil Hamilton
Plot The villainous master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu sets out to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.
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The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
1929 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Rowland V. Lee
Cast Warner Oland · Neil Hamilton · Jean Arthur · O.P. Heggie
Plot During the Boxer Rebellion in China during the early 20th century, in which a Chinese secret society attacked all westerners and anyone who associated with them, Dr. Fu Manchu's wife...
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