Based on Sax Rohmer’s third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917), this sensational episode sees Fu-Manchu partly paralysed by a bullet wound. The Devil Doctor snatches eminent surgeon Sir Baldwin Frazer to carry out the delicate operation he needs. Dr Petrie, abducted by Fu-Manchu’s scheming assistant, Zarmi, must assist – and choose a playing card to determine whether he lives or dies...
Top Cast
H. Agar Lyons as Dr. Fu Manchu
Fred Paul as Nayland Smith
Joan Clarkson as Karamaneh
Humberston Wright as Dr. Petrie
Frank Wilson as Inspector Weymouth
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