The Castle of Fu Manchu

The Castle of Fu Manchu
Original German language poster
Directed by	Jess Franco
Produced by	Harry Alan Towers
Written by	Jaime Jesús Balcázar Manfred Barthel Michael Haller Harry Alan Towers
Based on	Characters by Sax Rohmer
Starring	Christopher Lee Richard Greene Howard Marion-Crawford Günther Stoll Rosalba Neri Maria Perschy José Manuel Martín
Music by	Carlos Camilleri Malcomb Shelby
Cinematography	Manuel Merino
Edited by	John Colville Hermann Storr
Production companies	Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas International Cinema Italian International Film Terra-Filmkunst Tilma Films
Distributed by	West Germany: Constantin Film Spain: Dolores Sostre Sobre United Kingdom: Anglo-EMI Film Distributors United States: International Cinema Corp. Maron Films
Release date	30 May 1969 (1969-05-30) (West Germany) 18 September 1972 (1972-09-18) (Spain)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	West Germany Italy Spain United Kingdom Liechtenstein
Language	English

The Castle of Fu Manchu (also known by its German title Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu) is a 1969 spy adventure crime film and the fifth and final Fu Manchu film with Christopher Lee portraying the title character. An international co-production between companies from West Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Liechtenstein, it was filmed on location in Spain and Istanbul, and directed by Jess Franco and also stars Richard Greene as Nayland Smith and Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie. Its other titles are Assignment Istanbul and The Torture Chamber of Fu Manchu.

Supercriminal Fu Manchu plots to freeze the world's oceans with a diabolical new device. With his evil daughter, Lin Tang, his army of dacoits, and the help of the local crime organization led by Omar Pasha (whom Fu Manchu doublecrosses), Fu Manchu takes over the governor's castle in Istanbul which has a massive Opium reserve, to control the largest opium port in Anatolia, a fuel for his machine. Fu Manchu needs the help of an intelligent scientist with an ailing heart whom he has imprisoned. In order to keep the scientist alive he kidnaps a doctor and his wife to give the scientist a heart transplant from one of his obedient servants. Opposing him from Britain's Interpol are his nemeses Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie.

Airing on 18 January 1992 The Castle of Fu Manchu, in its entirety, was 'riffed' on the Comedy Central television show Mystery Science Theater 3000, Season 3 Episode 23.