1980

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1980 comedy film.

1913

, this 1913 classic is the first in the bestselling series of more than a dozen Dr. Fu-Manchu mysteries, several of which inspired popular film adaptations.

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One-Sheet Poster (27x41) for the Peter Sellers film THE FIENDISH PLOT OF FU-MANCHU (1980) starring...

Peter Sellers, ,

“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.

Helen Mirren in Mrs. Reinhardt 1981and Peter Sellers in the actor

Helen Mirren in Mrs. Reinhardt (1981), and Peter Sellers in the actor’s last film, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980).

the last movie , and a parody at that centered around the character to date

In fact Sellers' take, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980), is the last movie centered around the character to date, and a parody at that.

Fu Manchu , Nayland Smith

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980), plays Fu Manchu, Nayland Smith.

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.

in 1929

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu appeared in 1929, followed by many others.

March 15, 1940

Release Drums of Fu Manchu'''s official release date is March 15, 1940, although this is actually the date the seventh chapter was made available to film exchanges.

in August 1929

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu was released in August 1929, so we must make allowance for Paramount’s uncertainty with sound, but sound’s

on April 21, 1917

The story was first published in Collier’s on April 21, 1917 and was later expanded to comprise Chapters 30 – 33 of the third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries first published in 1917 by Cassell in the UK and by McBride & Nast in the US under the variant title, The Hand of Fu Manchu.

on February 17, 1917

The story was first published in Collier’s on February 17, 1917 and was later expanded to comprise Chapters 22 – 26 of the third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries first published in 1917 by Cassell in the UK and by McBride & Nast in the US under the variant title, The Hand of Fu Manchu.

in 1943

Fu Manchu was later edited and released as a feature film in 1943.

in Special Marvel Edition #15 (December 1973

Publication history Fu Manchu first appeared in Special Marvel Edition #15 (December 1973).

to the world of the greatest master criminals in all of crime fiction

The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu (published in the US as The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu) was published in February 1913 and introduced to the world one of the greatest master criminals in all of crime fiction.

in 2009

The Terror of Fu Manchu was released in 2009 and The Destiny of Fu Manchu in 2011.

1948

This one was published in 1948, 35 years after the first (and 11 years before the last), and by this point Fu Manchu and Fu Manchu's nemesis, Sir Denis Nayland Smith, are practically old friends.

in 1930 in 1931

The Mysterious Dr Fu Manchu appeared in 1929, followed by The Return of Dr Fu Manchu in 1930 and Daughter of the Dragon in 1931.

1991

The film was released to most North American audiences on March 29, 1991 however March was not made available to audiences in other continents until 2002 when a DVD was released prior to another DVD release in 2006 for the film's 15th anniversary.