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The Shrine of Seven Lamps

In this thrilling final episode, evil Fu-Manchu's pet marmoset leads sleuth Petrie to a secret Si-Fan ceremony. Is the Devil Doctor's game now up?

Crime 1923 24 mins Silent

Overview

This final episode of the adventure serial The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu has an eerie dreamlike quality, thanks to its original colour tints. Haunted by strange dreams of the evil Fu-Manchu, Dr Petrie follows the arch-villain's pet marmoset to a weird Si-Fan ceremony - the Shrine of the Seven Lamps. With sleuths Petrie and Nayland Smith hot on Fu-Manchu's trail, it looks like the Devil Doctor has been run to ground…or has he?

Though Fu-Manchu's plot for world domination is thwarted here, the Devil Doctor would return, with loads more evil schemes, in books and on screen, for decades to come.

Director

A.E. Coleby

Featuring

Harry Agar Lyons , Fred Paul , Humberstone Wright and Joan Clarkson

Genres

Crime , Action and Adventure and Film serial

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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