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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Franklin Adreon, William Witney |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1956 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Gotham Distribution |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 089218408792 |
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Customer Reviews of Adventures of Fu Manchu
They say the Devil plays for men's souls! So does Glen Gordon as 50's TV's deliciously nefarious incarnation of Sax Rohmer's icon of Evilll...Dr. Fu Manchu.
Ian Fleming's Dr. No was Fu-ster reborn to face-off against 007. Here Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his Yankee buddy,Dr.John Petrie, reprise Rohmer's reprise of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to keep the never-ending battle between Good & Evil never-ending.The disc provides four outrageous Saturday matinee, serial-like adventures that demonstrate how Olden Days TV could do so much with so little. THE MASTER PLAN is best serving; and example of audacity no modern or PM director would dare: revival of Adolf Hitler himself.(Shades of Outer Limits/Twilight Zone & the FuMANCHURIAN CANDIDATE!)Are these ADVENTURES great? Is Elvis King & Little Richard Queen of Rock'n'Roll? The question is moot. THE ADVENTURES of FU MANCHU is cream of TV's corn on the cob. The Chess Game Opening ("Black & White...Life & Death"...Good's Pawn to Fu's Wicked King's 4...)is worth price of the disc as one of the all time teaser TEASERS. For fans of fiendish 50's TV,don't let them Fu you: this is(almost)classy stuff.
If you like cheese....
I thought this was a pretty good series from the waning days of Republic Pictures. I enjoyed Glen Gordon's portrayal of Fu. Somewhat over-the-top. I liked it.
This will have to do for now...
Here we are presented with several episodes revolving around the infamous Fu Manchu. Considering the age of the show the picture quality is quite good and the plots are serviceable, but as has been pointed out before, anyone expecting to recognize the Fu Manchu of literature will be sadly dissapointed.
Hopefully, one day soon we will see the series of Fu Manchu movies made in the 1960s find their way onto DVD, Based on the actual books and given a decent budget those features would easily find a way into my collection.