323 - THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU (USA release; 1968; Europe; PG; 92m) a.k.a. ASSIGNMENT ISTANBUL (USA re-release?) a.k.a. DER FOLTERKAMMER DES DR. FU MANCHU (Germany) a.k.a. DIE FOLTERKAMMER DES DR. FU MAN CHU (Germany) a.k.a. FU MANCHU'S CASTLE a.k.a. THE TORTURE CHAMBER OF FU MANCHU a.k.a. IL CASTELLO DI FU MANCHU (Italy) a.k.a. EL CASTILLO DE FUMANCHU (Spain) Ad: He's Back!!! The World's Most Evil Man with a Fiendish Plan of Conquest Plot: The evil Fu Manchu and his daughter wreck havoc on the world and kidnap a scientist. Prod: Harry Alan Towers (519-Outlaw of Gor; K18-Million Eyes of Su-Muru; Brides of Fu Manchu) Prod/Scr: Jaime Jesus Balcazar (Locas Vacaciones) Dir: Jess (Jesus) Franco (The Awful Dr. Orloff) Scr: Peter Welbeck a.k.a. Harry Alan Towers (519/K18) Scr: Michael Haller (Heidi; Sonny and Jed) Sto: Manfred Barthel (Der Maulkorb) Sto: Sam Rohmer (The Seven Secrets of Sumuru) Cin: Manuel Merino (Blood of Fu Manchu; House of 1,000 Dolls) Ed: Maria Luisa Soriano (Dracula Against Frankenstein) Ed: John Colville (Burke and Hare) PMgr: Juan Estelriech PDes: Santiago Ontanon (The Invincible Gladiator) Score: Charles Camilleri (House of 1,000 Dolls) Score: Malcomb Shelby Score: Gert Wilden (The Blood of Fu Manchu) Fu Manchu / Christopher Lee* Nayland Smith / Richard Greene* Lin Tang / Tsai Chin (The Face of Fu Manchu; You Only Live Twice) Marie / Maria Perschy (House of Psychotic Women) Dr. Petrie / Howard Marion-Crawford (The Brides of Fu Manchu) Curt / Gunther Stoll (The Last Mercenary; Return of Sabata) Lisa / Rosalba Neri a.k.a. Sara Bay (Conquest of Mycene) Omar Pascha / Jose Manuel Martin (Anthony and Cleopatra) Melnik / Wernet Aprelat (Die Liebesquelle) with Oswaldo Genazzani (Conflicto Inesperado; Dente per Dente) Herbert Fux a.k.a. Herbert Fuchs (Lady Frankenstein) Gustavo Re (Deadly Sanctuary) Trivia: Thankfully, this was the last in the Fu Manchu series starring British actor CHRISTOPHER LEE, born in 1922. Highlights from his 100+ movies: 1971-Count Dracula; 1957-Curse of Frankenstein; 1965-Dr. Terror's House of Horrors; 1968-Dracula Has Risen from the Grave; 1964-Hercules in the Haunted World; 1972-Horror Express; 1959-Hound of the Baskervilles; 1959-The Mummy; 1978-Return from Witch Mountain; 1974-Three Musketeers. Plus these other Fu Manchu movies: 1965-The Face of Fu Manchu; 1966-The Brides of Fu Manchu; and 1967-Vengeance of Fu Manchu. RICHARD GREENE (1914-1985) starred in mostly British adventure movies before his successful Brit TV portrayal of Robin Hood in the 1950's. His other films include: 1938-Submarine Patrol; 1938-The Little Princess (with Shirley Temple); 1939-The Hound of the Baskervilles; 1950-The Desert Hawk; 1953-Captain Scarlet; 1961-The Sword of Sherwood Forest; and 1967-Dangerous Island. Last Updated: 6/21/1999 Welcome! | Author, Contributors, Disclaimer | Introduction | FAQs Movies by Year | Titles by Experiment # | Titles by Alphabetical Order Performers and Production Crew