Movie · 1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
“BEWARE! See this movie - An hour later you'll want to see it again!”
Released 8 August 1980 108 min Comedy / Horror / Crime More from 1980 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu.
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How old were they?
John Le Mesurier
as Perkins
David Tomlinson
as Sir Roger Avery
Clément Harari
as Dr. Wretch
John Sharp
as Sir Thuud
Clive Dunn
as Keeper of the Keys - London Tower
Sid Caesar
as Joe Capone
Peter Sellers
as Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
Stratford Johns
as Ismail
Burt Kwouk
as Fu Manchu's Servant
Steve Franken
as Peter Williams
Derek Martin
as Museum Guard
Helen Mirren
as Alice Rage
Simon Williams
as Robert Townsend
Kwan-Young Lee
as Tang
Philip Tan
as Dacoit
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The numbers
48years between the oldest and youngest billed
68John Le Mesurier — oldest on the call sheet
20Philip Tan — youngest billed
50average age of the credited cast