The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Charles Brabin

Escritores:

Sax Rohmer (story)
Irene Kuhn (writer) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

5 noviembre 1932 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Horror | Ciencia-Ficción

Plot:

Englishmen race to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan. They have to get there fast, as the evil genius Dr...

Plot Keywords:

Fu Manchu | Tomb | Mad Scientist | Bell | Human Sacrifice

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark

Reparto

Boris Karloff	...	Dr. Fu Manchu
Lewis Stone	...	Sir Denis Nayland Smith
Karen Morley	...	Sheila Barton
Charles Starrett	...	Terrence Granville
Myrna Loy	...	Fah Lo See
Jean Hersholt	...	Professor Von Berg
Lawrence Grant	...	Sir Lionel Barton
David Torrence	...	'Mac' McLeod
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Herbert Bunston	...	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
Gertrude Michael	...	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)

También conocida como:

La máscara de Fu-Manchú (Spain) [es]

Duración:

68 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Finland:(Banned) (1933) | USA:Approved

Compañía:

Cosmopolitan Productions

Trivialidades:

It took Boris Karloff 2.5 hours every morning to apply makeup for this role.

Errores:

Continuidad: The package with the sword disappears between shots when Terry, holding the package with the sword, talks to Fu Manchu.

Citas:

Fu Manchu: [Pointing to blonde female captive] Would you have maidens such as these for your wives?
Horde of Asians: [Roars in approval, some waving swords]
Fu Manchu: Then conquer and breed... kill the white man... and take his women!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "Creature Features: The Mask of Fu Manchu (#1.18)" (1971)

Inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Mask of Fu Manchu easily could have served as inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark. Archaeologists dashing to retrieve relic to save Western Civilization. Feats of derring-do. Scenes of despicable torture and heroic bravery. What makes this movie even better is in Raiders you know Dr. Jones will win. The Nazis are mere obstacles in his path to run over. But in this movie, Boris Karloff's performance as the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu makes the Nazis seem like mere shadows of a threat compared to his evil genius. His Fu Manchu is a villain you not only fear, but respect. Myrna Loy as his daughter is wickedly good. While the sparks put off by Fu Manchu's diabolical invention are impressive special effects, they are nothing in comparison to the sparks emitted by the young, scantily clad Myrna Loy.