The Mask of Fu Manchu

1932Movie⏱️ 1h 9mG

AdventureDramaHorrorSci-Fi

⭐ 6.2

IMDB Rating

4,058 votes

Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.

Director

N/A

Writers

Irene Kuhn, Edgar Allan Woolf, John Willard

Stars

Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley

Release Date

November 5, 1932

Language

English

Country

United States

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Boris Karloff

as Dr. Fu Manchu

Lewis Stone

as Nayland Smith

Karen Morley

as Sheila Barton

Charles Starrett

as Terrence Granville

Myrna Loy

as Fah Lo See

Jean Hersholt

as Von Berg

Lawrence Grant

as Sir Lionel Barton

David Torrence

as McLeod

Everett Brown

as Slave

Steve Clemente

as Knife Thrower

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Production

Cosmopolitan Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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⭐ Featured Review

Sounds Corny, But Is Very Effective

by ccthemovieman-1 • 2006-05-20

8/10

"This was a bit different with Boris Karloff playing an Asian "bad guy." He plays "Fu Manchu," and man who sets out to get Genghis Khan's mask and sword which supposedly will give him the power to rule over millions of people. Despite the classic film casting of white people to play Asians, I found Karloff to be "cool" looking as was his evil daughter, a young Myrna Loy. I like Karen Morely, usually, but not in here where she plays an almost-hysterical daughter of one of the good guys. "Fu Manchu" shows some of his unique methods of torture, nothin..."