a 1980 comedy film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren, and David Tomlinson, with Anthony Quinn in a supporting role as the character of Jules Merlin

“The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu” is a 1980 comedy film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren, and David Tomlinson, with Anthony Quinn in a supporting role as the character of Jules Merlin.

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“The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu” is a 1980 comedy film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren, and David Tomlinson, with Anthony Quinn in a supporting role as the character of Jules Merlin.

Affectionate Parody

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, Peter Sellers' final film, is an Affectionate Parody (with roots in The Goon Show) that makes Fu Manchu charming and a bit sympathetic in John Wayne's unrepentant wickedness.

a tongue-in-cheek spoof of the classic Fu Manchu films of the 1930s and 1940s

“The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu” is a tongue-in-cheek spoof of the classic Fu Manchu films of the 1930s and 1940s.