The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Rowland V. Lee. It is the second of three films starring Warner Oland as the fiendish Fu Manchu, who returns from apparent death in the previous film, The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929), to seek revenge on those he holds responsible for the death of his wife and child. Cast Warner Oland as Fu Manchu O. P. Heggie as Inspector Nayland Smith Jean Arthur as Lia Eltham Neil Hamilton as Dr. Jack Petrie Evelyn Hall as Lady Agatha Bartley William Austin as Sylvester Wadsworth Margaret Fealy as Lady Helen Bartley Shayle Gardner as Detective Harding Evelyn Selbie as Fai Lu Olaf Hytten as Deacon at Wedding (uncredited) Production Writing It was loosely adapted from the 1916 novel of the same name by Sax Rohmer.