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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
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.
Fu Manchu has run out of the elixir that keeps his 168-year-old body Fit for Fiendishness. Peter Sellers is deliciously diabolical -- and he's up to his old multiple-role tricks that worked...
Robert Townsend. Watchlist. Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 5, 10 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Detective Nayland Smith hunts his 168-year-old nemesis (Peter...
- (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.
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1980 comedy film, notable as the final film of Peter Sellers, David Tomlinson and John Le Mesurier. Pre-production began with Richard Quine as director. By the time the film entered production, Piers Haggard had replaced him.
