“The Mask of Fu Manchu” quotes

“- Dr. Fu Manchu: The slightest move will send a bullet crashing through your stiff British spine.
- Nayland Smith: Are you in the habit of shooting your enemies in the back?”
Boris Karloff - Dr. Fu Manchu
Lewis Stone - Nayland Smith

“The torture of the bell: it never stops. Minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day. Seems harmless, doesn't it? Just a bell ringing. But the percussion and the repercussion of sound against your eardrums will soften and destroy them until the sound is magnified a thousand times.”

Boris Karloff - Dr. Fu Manchu

“Men of Asia! The skies are red with the thunderbolts of Genghis Khan! They rain down on the white race... and burn them!”
Boris Karloff - Dr. Fu Manchu

“He'll declare himself Genghis Khan come to life again. And that, my friend, is what you have got to prevent. You must find that grave, and you must be the first to find it.”

Lewis Stone - Nayland Smith

“I have seen a vision, the prophecy is about to be fulfilled.”

Myrna Loy - Fah Lo See

“- Nayland Smith: What do you expect to find in that tomb?
- Sir Lionel Barton: A record, the golden plate, the threat of Genghis Khan's return, the golden mask he wore, and the famous golden scimitar.”
Lewis Stone - Nayland Smith
Lawrence Grant - Sir Lionel Barton

I am a doctor of philosophy from Edinburgh, a doctor of law from Christ's College, a doctor of medicine from Harvard. My friends, out of courtesy, call me "Doctor".
Boris Karloff - Dr. Fu Manchu

“Will we ever understand these Eastern races?”
Lewis Stone - Nayland Smith