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1932 • 1h 8min • G • Horror, Science Fiction, Adventure

The Mask of Fu Manchu

"The Frankenstein of the Orient!"

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.

IMDb 6.2

RT 88%

Director

Charles Brabin

Writers

Irene Kuhn

Edgar Allan Woolf

John Willard

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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

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Karen Morley Sheila Barton

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David Torrence McLeod

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