The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)

Director
Don Sharp

Main cast
Christopher Lee; Karin Dor; Joachim Fuchsberger; James Robertson Justice; Nigel Green

Genres
Crime

Description
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames.


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