Dennis Nayland Smith/Dr. Fu "Fred" Manchu
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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1980 comedy film. It was the final film featuring star Peter Sellers and David Tomlinson. Based on characters created by Sax Rohmer, the film stars Sellers in the dual role of Fu Manchu, a megalomaniacal Chinese evil genius, and English gentleman detective Nayland Smith.
Aug 8, 1980 · With Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren, David Tomlinson, Sid Caesar. When Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae is spilled by a hapless flunky, Fu Manchu sends his lackeys to round up supplies for a fresh batch of elixir, including a precious jewel, which prompts a team of agents to track him down.
- (2.4K)
- Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
- Piers Haggard, Peter Sellers
- 1980-08-08
Aug 7, 2022 · In his final movie, released a few months after his death, Peter Sellers again slips into multiple roles in this questionable (non-PC) comedy involving the cat-and-mouse game between a Scotland Yard detective (Sellers) and the 168-old Dr. Fu Manchu (Also Sellers) who plots to steal the crown jewels to use them for his plans to ...
- 101 min
As Fu Manchu, he plays a 168-year-old man who starts fading fast after a clumsy assistant spills the vial containing his youth potion. Manchu has to reassemble the secret ingredients, including a precious jewel, and so he stages an international crime wave.
Detective Nayland Smith hunts his 168-year-old nemesis (Peter Sellers), who needs the crown jewels for a youth elixir.
- (13)
- Piers Haggard
- PG
- Peter Sellers
Overview. 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.
On Dr. Fu Manchu's 186th birthday, someone spills his age-reversing elixir, and the evil doctor sends his minions off to find the ingredients to make more. The first item they need is the Star of Leningrad diamond which they steal while it is on exhibition in Washington. The FBI needs help in...
