Drums of Fu Manchu
Directed by	William Witney John English
Produced by	Hiram S Brown Jr
Written by	Franklin Adreon Morgan B Cox Ronald Davidson Norman S Hall Barney A Sarecky Sol Shor Sax Rohmer (novels)
Starring	Henry Brandon Robert Kellard William Royle Gloria Franklin Olaf Hytten Tom Chatterton Luana Walters
Cinematography	William Nobles
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date(s)	1940
Running time	(15 episodes) / 269 min
IMDb profile

Drums of Fu Manchu (1940) is a 15-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Henry Brandon and Robert Kellard. It was directed by William Witney and John English. It is often considered one of the best Movie Serials ever made. Ronald Davison, KBE was a former chief justice of New Zealand. ... Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (February 15, 1883 - June 1, 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. ... Born Heinrich Von Kleinbach on 8 June 1912 in Berlin, Germany, Henry Brandon was a character actor in over 100 American films, famous for playing Indian, Arab, Persian, Turkish, Native American and East Asian roles, usually villians. ... Republic Pictures Corporation (aka Republic Entertainment) is an independent film, television, and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, best known for its specialization in quality B pictures, westerns and movie serials. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Republic Pictures Corporation (aka Republic Entertainment) is an independent film, television, and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, best known for its specialization in quality B pictures, westerns and movie serials. ... Serial is a term, originating in literature, for a format by which a story is told in contiguous installments in sequential issues of a single periodical publication. ... Born Heinrich Von Kleinbach on 8 June 1912 in Berlin, Germany, Henry Brandon was a character actor in over 100 American films, famous for playing Indian, Arab, Persian, Turkish, Native American and East Asian roles, usually villians. ...

Plot

Fu Manchu attempts to find the tomb of Genghis Khan and the Khan's septre hidden within. With this he will be able to unite all of Asia behind him and conquer the world. Fu Manchu's old nemesis Sir Nayland Smith, along with Allan Parker and co, are set to prevent this. This article is about the fictional literature character. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Sir Denis Nayland Smith is a fictional character, the adversary of the villainous Fu Manchu in the popular novels of Sax Rohmer. ...

Cast

Henry Brandon as Fu Manchu
Robert Kellard as Allan Parker
William Royle as Sir Nayland Smith
Gloria Franklin as Fah Lo Suee
Olaf Hytten as Dr. Flinders Petrie
Tom Chatterton as Prof Edward Randolph
Luana Walters as Mary Randolph
John Merton as Loki
Dwight Frye as Professor Anderson
Lal Chand Mehra as Sirdar Prahni
Born Heinrich Von Kleinbach on 8 June 1912 in Berlin, Germany, Henry Brandon was a character actor in over 100 American films, famous for playing Indian, Arab, Persian, Turkish, Native American and East Asian roles, usually villians. ... This article is about the fictional literature character. ... Sir Denis Nayland Smith is a fictional character, the adversary of the villainous Fu Manchu in the popular novels of Sax Rohmer. ... This picture, from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript, shows Loki with his invention - the fishing net. ... Dwight Frye in Bride of Frankenstein Dwight Iliff Frye (February 22, 1899–November 7, 1943) was an American stage and screen actor. ...

Chapter Titles

1. Fu Manchu Strikes
2. The Monster
3. Ransom in the Sky
4. The Pendulum of Doom
5. The House of Terror
6. Death Dials A Number
7. Vengeance of the Si Fan
8. Danger Trail
9. The Crystal of Death
10.Drums of Doom
11.The Tomb of Genghis Khan
12.Fire of Vengeance
13.The Devil's Tattoo
14.Satan's Surgeon
15.Revolt

Trivia

• An unfounded rumour suggests that there was going to be a sequel to Drums of Fu Manchu but the United States had become directly involved in The Second World War in which China was an ally. Various rumours imply either that the Chinese government objected to the serial, the State Department decided for themselves to supress it or that Republic simply thought that the mood of the nation would not be in favour of a Chinese villain.
• Allan Parker, a young American character, is the proxy hero in this serial rather than the traditional, yet older and British, Fu Manchu hero Sir Nayland Smith.

A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Motto: None Anthem(s): National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution   - Declared... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States Government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... Republic Pictures Corporation (aka Republic Entertainment) is an independent film, television, and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, best known for its specialization in quality B pictures, westerns and movie serials. ... Sir Denis Nayland Smith is a fictional character, the adversary of the villainous Fu Manchu in the popular novels of Sax Rohmer. ...

See Also

• Yellow Peril

Yellow peril is also a humourous British term for a traffic warden. ...

External Links

Drums of Fu Manchu at the Internet Movie Database
Dr Hermes Review of Drums of Fu Manchu
The Serial Squadron