Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)

Directed by

William Witney, John English

Genre

adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

4h 29m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 15-chapter serial where the villain Dr. Fu Manchu plots world domination. A hero and his allies try to stop him using various exotic schemes.

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What happens

Drums of Fu Manchu (1940) is a 15-chapter Republic serial film based on the character created by Sax Rohmer. Though using the title of the ninth novel in the series, it actually is based on numerous elements from throughout the series to that point, cherry-picked by the writers. It starred Henry Brandon, William Royle and Robert Kellard. It was directed by the serial team of William Witney and John English and is often considered one of the best serial films ever made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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