The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu

Apr 15, 1923

6h 11m

★ 0.0

Overview

A killer kitty with poison-tipped claws, giant noxious mushrooms and aphonia-inducing flowers are just some of the challenges faced by Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie in their battles against arch-villain Fu Manchu. Series of 15 shorts, each with a self-contained story.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Stoll Picture Productions

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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

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.

5.1

Daughter of the Dragon

Sep 24, 1931

At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.

5.3

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

Aug 10, 1929

A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.

2.0

Slave of Crime

Sep 7, 1987

Tsai Chin, the daughter of the infamous Fu Manchu, controls a large empire of vice in her part of the Far East. She decides to kidnap and, through erotic chemical hypnosis, coerce all the members of a fabulously wealthy international rock band to sign over all their possessions to her empire. But an old enemy of Fu Manchu's begins stalking around her operation and threatens to destroy everything she has built.

7.0

Aaron's Rod

Jan 1, 1923

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

5.0

The Other Fu Manchu

May 6, 1946

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0.0

The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu

Aug 1, 1924

Detective Nayland Smith, comissioned by the British Government to investigate a series of murders comes up against the "Coughing Horror", Dr Fu-Manchu's servant.

5.5

The Mask of Fu Manchu

Nov 5, 1932

The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

6.1

Drums of Fu Manchu

Mar 15, 1940

The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.

5.0

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

May 2, 1930

The sinister Dr. Fu Manchu returns to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.

3.8

Drums of Fu Manchu

Nov 27, 1943

Feature version of the 1940 Republic serial, about Fu Manchu's attempt to conquer Asia.

0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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6.8

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0.0

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6.7

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6.5

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