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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)

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Peter Sellers gets to play both hero and bad guy at the same time in this comedy variation on Sax Rohmer's infamous stories of Asian super-villian Fu Manchu. The 168-year-old Fu Manchu (Sellers) is starting to run out of the youth-preserving formula that has kept him alive and kicking for the past eight or so decades, and he decides it's high time he made up some more. However, the list of ingredients includes a few items you can't usually get at your corner drug store, and Fu and his minions

PG, 1 hr. 38 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Piers Haggard

In Theaters: Aug 8, 1980 Wide

Cast

Helen Mirren
Alice Rage
David Tomlinson
Sir Roger Avery
Sid Caesar
Joe Capone
Simon Williams
Robert Townsend
Steve Franken
Pete Williams
Stratford Johns
Ismail
John Le Mesurier
Perkins
Clive Dunn (II)
Keeper of the Keys
Jacqueline Fogt
Woman Dignitary
Cl�ment Harari
Dr. Wretch
Iska Khan
Fu's Sergeant
Burt Kwouk
Fu's Servant
Peter Sellers
Dr. Fu Manchu, Nayland ...
John Sharp
Sir Nules Thudd
Philip Tan
Marc Wilkinson
Conductor
David Powers
Bedser
George Hilsdon
Newsvendor
Johns Rajohnson

Critic Reviews for The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (8)

Sad, sad end to Peter Sellers' great movie career. Lackluster at best.

February 17, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

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Another movie that wastes Sellers.

August 21, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

For the sake of the late, great, brilliant Peter Sellers, let's all just forget this movie even exists.

July 26, 2002 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Improves with age and comparison to newer junk

July 26, 2002 Comment

David Poland

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This has two things going for it. Fu Manchu and Peter Sellers. Unfortunately that's not enough to rescue this mess. Worth a look see if you're a completist for either of the two aforementioned factors.

January 15, 2009

Brad West

It feels like a half-baked, low-budget but completely enjoyable film. Sellers is great (again) while the plot (although a bit clumsy at times) never (or almost never...) lets him down. It's good - and it's the swan song of the best comedian in the world, a farce-like but partly precise prophecy of his end. Just like he is spitting on the Devil.

January 3, 2011

Petros Tserpelis

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