The Face of Fu Manchu
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When:
| Thu 9 Sep ’10, 7:00pm–8:30pm |
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| Fri 10 Sep ’10, 7:00pm–8:30pm |
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| Sat 11 Sep ’10, 7:00pm–8:30pm |
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Where: The Film Archive, 84 Taranaki St, Te Aro, Wellington Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
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The Face of Fu Manchu [No Return Address]
(UK, 1965, PG, 89 mins)
The most evil man the world has ever known! Obey Fu Manchu or every living thing will die!
Fu Manchu was a creation of pulp writer Sax Rohmer, a pseudonym of the British journalist Arthur Sarsfield Ward. Rohmer published thirteen Fu Manchu novels between 1913 and his death in 1959 making these ‘Yellow Peril’ stories his speciality, drawing upon rather jingoistic notions of the mysterious East.
The Fu Manchu stories were extraordinarily popular and there were many imitators during the 1920s and 30s, even entire series of magazines featuring similar Asian super-villains. This surprisingly classy production was the first and best in a series of Fu Manchu films made by exploitation producer Harry Alan Towers and starring Christopher Lee.
No Return Address: The Film Archive is lucky enough to have a range of classic overseas films in the collection. Don’t miss this 1965 classic
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