Wilfred Hyde-White adds a touch of class as Colonel Baisbrook and Klaus Kinski is sort of fun as President Boong and his double. As in the novels, Sumuru has a habit of turning her enemies into stone. Nader was capable of some excellent performances, such as in a sixth season episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, but he doesn't seem to have a clue as to how to play his role in a mish mosh like this. The less said about Frankie Avalon, who wandered in from a beach party movie, and George Nader the better. The shame of it is that Eaton not only looks beautiful in her dark wig but gives an excellent performance, perfectly embodying Sumuru in a way that would probably have pleased Sax Rohmer. Million Eyes is cheap and cheap-looking, but the worst problem is the approach, which is meant to be light, even tongue-in-cheek, like a sixties spy film, but instead comes off as stupid. ![]() Tommy Carter (Frankie Avalon) and Nick West (George Nader) are some kind of agents out to stop Sumuru from various plots and assassinations. In this Sumuru (Shirley Eaton), like in the books, wants to create a new golden world via her female helpmates and doesn't care who she has to kill to get it. ![]() But they are all masterpieces compared to this woeful film adaptation. ![]() I've only read two of the five books so far, and they are fun, if below the fiendish and suspenseful level of the Fu Manchu novels. Director: Lindsay Shonteff.īack in the 1950s Sax Rohmer, the creator of Fu Manchu, decided to start another series about a mysterious master villainess named Sumuru.
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