The Mask of Fu Manchu

The Mask of Fu Manchu is a 1932 PreCode adventure film directed by Charles Brabin. It was written by Irene Kuhn, Edgar Allan Woolf and John Willard based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Sax Rohmer. Starring Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu, and featuring Myrna Loy as his depraved daughter, the movie revolves around Fu Manchus quest for the golden sword and mask of Genghis Khan. Lewis Stone plays his nemesis.

Sir Denis Nayland Smith Lewis Stone of the British Secret Service warns Egyptologist Sir Lionel Barton Lawrence Grant that he must beat Fu Manchu in the race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan. The powermad Fu Manchu Boris Karloff intends to use the sword and mask to proclaim himself the reincarnation of the legendary conqueror and inflame the peoples of Asia and the Middle East into a war to wipe out the white race. Sir Lionel is kidnapped soon afterward and taken to Fu Manchu. Fu Manchu tries bribing his captive, even offering his own daughter, Fah Lo See Myrna Loy. When that fails, Barton suffers the torture of the bell lying underneath a gigantic, constantly ringing bell in an unsuccessful attempt to get him to reveal the location of the tomb.Bartons daughter Sheila Karen Morley insists on taking her fathers place on the expedition, as she knows where the tomb is. She finds the tomb and its treasures with the help of her fiance Terrence Terry Granville Charles Starrett, Von Berg Jean Hersholt, and McLeod David Torrence. Nayland Smith joins them soon afterward. ........

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