A Bid for Fortune

Drama
1917
1hr 24mins

Directed by Sidney Morgan

United Kingdom
No Dialogue with English subtitles

Master criminal Dr Nikola seeks a Chinese curio that promises eternal life and world domination

An Australian lawyer is entrusted with a curious Tibetan object known as the Rod of Knowledge, but soon discovers that dangerous occultist and evil mastermind Dr Nikola wants it for his own nefarious ends. A Bid For Fortune was an early British adventure serial which was packed together into this standalone feature that played in British cinemas during April 1917.

Producer Sidney Morgan adapted Guy Boothby's tale from the hugely popular Doctor Nikola series. Boothby, an Australian immigrant to the UK, was mentored by Rudyard Kipling and his evil occultist Dr Nikola was a forerunner of Fu Manchu, appearing in a string of novels between 1895 and 1901.

Featuring
Thomas Canning, A. Harding Steerman and Violet Graham
Genres
Drama
Certificate
Contains descriminatory stereotypes
Subjects
Occult