Set in the 1920s, the film follows the megalomaniacal Dr. Fu Manchu as he kidnaps the daughters and wives of the world's leading scientists. He uses these women—the "brides" of the title—as leverage to force their husbands and fathers into building a .
as Franz Baumer: A key ally in the search for the kidnapped women.
(1966) is a British-German adventure crime film and the second installment in the five-film Fu Manchu cycle produced by Harry Alan Towers . The feature stars horror icon Christopher Lee as the titular villain, a role he reprised throughout the 1960s. Plot and Theme