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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Released: August 8, 1980 (1980)
Runtime: 108 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Crime
Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- John Le Mesurier as Perkins
Age at release: 68
- David Tomlinson as Sir Roger Avery
Age at release: 63
- Clément Harari as Dr. Wretch
Age at release: 61
- John Sharp as Sir Thuud
Age at release: 60
- Sid Caesar as Joe Capone
Age at release: 57
- Peter Sellers as Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
Age at release: 54
- Stratford Johns as Ismail
Age at release: 54
- Steve Franken as Peter Williams
Age at release: 48
- Helen Mirren as Alice Rage
Age at release: 35
- Simon Williams as Robert Townsend
Age at release: 34
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- Clive Dunn as Keeper of the Keys - London Tower
Age at release: 60
- Burt Kwouk as Fu Manchu's Servant
Age at release: 50
- Derek Martin as Museum Guard
Age at release: 47
- Kwan-Young Lee as Tang
Age at release: 34
- Philip Tan as Dacoit
Age at release: 20