Aaron's Rod

Jan 1, 1923

0h 28m

★ 7.5

Overview

A mysterious murder sets Nayland Smith and Petrie once again on the trail of villainous Fu-Manchu, and seeking a strange old stick with magical powers

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Stoll Picture Productions

Aaron's Rod Trailers

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Cast

Dr Fu Manchu

H. Agar Lyons

Nayland Smith

Fred Paul

Karamaneh

Joan Clarkson

Dr Petrie

Humberston Wright

Inspector Weymouth

Frank Wilson

Abel Slattin

Percy Standing

busker

Bob Vallis

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu.

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