"The Frankenstein of the Orient!"

1932

1h 8m

5.4(88 votes)

Adventure

Horror

Science Fiction

Overview

The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Boris Karloff

Dr. Fu Manchu

Lewis Stone

Nyland Smith

Karen Morley

Sheila Barton

Charles Starrett

Terence Granville

Myrna Loy

Fah Lo See

Jean Hersholt

Von Berg

Lawrence Grant

Sir Lionel Barton

David Torrence

McLeod

C. Montague Shaw

Curator Dr. Fairgyle - British Museum Official (uncredited)

Steve Clemente

Knife Thrower (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Charles Brabin
Written by: John Willard
Irene Kuhn
Produced by: Charles Vidor

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