Plot:
The Death Ship of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Manchu is playing chess as the credits roll.
A ship is being tossed by a storm and calls for the coast guard. The tiny ship was tossed. The captain decides to abandon the ship. He takes a very important
box with him.
Fu Manchu overhears the radio message.
After Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, and several others, you will believe I am Dr. Fu Manchu.
It will take time to replace the cargo that was on the ship.
In Hong Kong, Dr. Petry and Sir Dennis Nayland Smith heard of a freighter sinking. They are on the case of germs stolen from the US. Apparently, the Red powers
want the germs to claim the US is developing germ warfare.
Fu Manchu has the germ cultures recovered from the box Captain Warren took from the ship. The Red powers will be pleased with the germs. He decides that Captain
Warren is the best man to take a ship to deliver the goods. Karamaneh, AKA evil hot chick, is sent to bring Warren to Fu Manchu.
In a bar, Warren is downing a few when Karamaneh talks with him. She mentions a possible job if he meets with the owner.
Warren meets with Carsten, the ship owner, and Fu Manchu. After hearing of the route, Warren doesn’t want anything to do with the Reds. Fu Manchu threatens
to reveal to customs how the captain smuggled the boxes without them being inspected.
Fu Manchu gives Karamaneh her orders. They inject the germ cultures into some melons. The cargo will go through customs.
Petry and Sir Dennis question Captain Warren. They decide to inspect the cargo and hold up the ship’s launching. Our heroes mention how the germs may be
smuggled and how deadly they are, too.
Carsten tells Warren to keep a close eye on the cargo.
In the lab, the heroes haven’t found anything. They still are suspicious and try to delay the ship until the next day.
Late that night, Warren takes over the guard duty and takes the melons away.
In the morning, Carsten sees the melons are gone. He beats Warren.
Fu Manchu tries to keep the whereabouts of Warren a secret.
When Petry and Sir Dennis recheck the cargo. They notice that the melons are missing. This kicks them into fast speed and check at the bar. Sir Dennis spots
one of Fu Manchu’s servants. Dennis mentions that the cargo has been found. Dennis and Petry leave. They follow the servant.
Carsten gloats to the beaten captain warren that the melons have been found. The servant walks in and spots the crates.
Sir Dennis and Petry storm in, and the obligatory fight breaks out. Carsten crashes in the melons and runs off.
Dennis, Petry, and Warren leave.
Fu Manchu is about to escape from his hideout when the dying Carsten staggers inside. Fu Manchu sets the hideout on fire and escapes with Karamaneh and the servant.
Later, Fu is contemplating his next plot at a chessboard.
Prisoner of Dr. Fu Manchu
A newspaper mentions how important Professor Huy Yan is concerning a world crisis. He is interviewed as the newspaper reporter extols how important he is.
Fu Manchu has Betty, Dr. Petry’s lab assistant, brainwashed to believe only she can save the Professor. She is whisked away.
Sir Dennis and Petry are on the scene at the airport. Dr Petry meets with the Professor who needs to be vaccinated before entering the country. Betty starts to
give him the syringe but is stopped from using the full dose. The Professor collapses into a coma.
Sir Dennis is positive that Betty has been brainwashed.
Fu Manchu is given a report on the Professor. Assassin is ordered to take care of the good Professor permanently.
Petry, Sir Dennis, and Betty are inspecting the lab results of the syringe. When hearing a scream, they rush and learn the Professor is gone. The guard was killed.
Assassin is also ordered to keep the serum from being analyzed.
The conference of nations begin. Fu Manchu spies on it with his super-sneaky stealth television. The main discussion of the conference is to use nuclear
power to grow food to keep war from occurring. An attempt had been made to keep the Professor from attending. Sir Dennis claims that Dr. Fu Manchu is behind
it. Suddenly, the Professor walks into the conference.
He claims to have faked the coma and snuck out of the hospital to get to the conference. They can’t have a public investigation while the conference is going.
Fu Manchu is gloating as this is being shown on his television.
Petry is questioning Betty. Nayland is sure she was hypnotized.
Dr. Fu Manchu wants the Professor to steal the radiation shield from the conference. He also commands Assassin to kill Betty.
In the lab, Nayland has Petry go with him while Betty keeps working on the results. Assassin rushes in and tries to kill her. Petry rushes back and struggles with
the Assassin and flings him into a machine that promptly electrocutes the malefactor.
In the 50s, all machines were equipped with adavanced electroshock capabilitiies.
In the conference, the radiation shield is being demonstrated. The speakers start to ooze poisonous gas when Nayland rushes inside. He claims the Professor is an
imposter. The real Professor was found.
Spotting the smoke, Nayland breaks a window. Fake Professor draws a gun and climbs out the window. He promptly loses his balance and falls to the street below.
The real Professor is brought to the conference.
Dr. Fu Manchu turns the spy television out and returns to his chessboard.
Master Plan of Dr. Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu is watching film footage of Nazis and appreciates Hitler’s plan. There is one man who knows Hitler’s Master Plan.
Fu Manchu sends his servant to retrieve a man. Karamaneh is sent after a plastic surgeon.
Later, Dr. Henderson meets Fu Manchu and is taken to an operating room. A man is on the table. Henderson rolls the sheet down just to see part of his face and realizes
who it is. He refuses to do it until Fu Manchu threatens to kill the good doctor.
Dr. Petry is investigating the disappearance of his good friend, Dr Henderson. A clue leads him to the last address Henderson had an appointment. Arriving on the
scene, the servant lets him inside.
Henderson is hard at work. He is gagged to keep from revealing who the patient is. Fu Manchu orders Henderson’s death.
Fu Manchu talks with Petry who is appointed to take care of the patient while Henderson is killed.
Petry is forced to call Betty to allay suspicion. Sir Dennis walks in and learns that Petry and Henderson are on a secret government mission.
Dr Petry is working on the patient.
Fu Manchu learns that police have discovered Henderson’s body. He orders an evacuation.
Betty tells Sir Dennis about Henderson’s body. They call the cops immediately.
A search of the house uncovers a number of bandages, a copy of Mein Kampf, and a film reel of Germany under Hitler. Sir Dennis realizes that Fu Manchu is
behind to use a plastic surgeon on Hitler.
Petry is aboard a submarine going through the Pacific. He removes the bandages of the patient. Petry isn’t sure of whom the patient is though the man seems familiar.
The patient looks like a pudgy balding guy. He and Fu Manchu will rule the world. A few German words and maniacal look in his eyes alert Petry to who it is.
Sir Dennis is in Singapore trying to track the sub.
The sub heads to a small island.
Hitler has been here for the past 10 years and gives a tour of his lab. He reveals his Master Plan. A small device located within a mile of any nuke will cause it to
detonate. Without nuclear weapons, the US will quickly be invaded and conquered by its enemies.
Sir Dennis and Betty are told of a small island where atomic energy is being detonated. Sir Dennis decides to go with the agent. His Fu-Manchu-dar is in high speed. A
group of commandoes will accompany them.
In the plane, the Geiger counter starts detecting radiation from the island.
Servant spots the plane landing.
In the lab, Hitler has to distribute the triggering devices around the world.
Servant warns Fu Manchu of the incoming forces.
Nayland and the troops trod along.
Hitler decides the better part of valor is cowardice and decides to evacuate. First the triggering devices must be taken.
The commandoes enter the cave complex. The obligatory gunfight begins. Nayland finds Petry.
Hitler wants to keep fighting while Fu Manchu stealthily escapes. The once Fuhrer is shot. A triggering device explodes, killing him.
Nayland and Petry are unsure if that actually was Hitler or not.
Fu Manchu crushes a newspaper concerning the atom bomb plot. He returns to the chessboard.
Golden God of Dr. Fu Manchu
Plot specific newspaper articles reveal a gold shipment was stolen from a train. Petry’s narration reveals only one country could get rid of the gold: Macau.
Petry and Sir Dennis are joined by Inspector Lum Sim who has an undercover man, Vincnete, in the gold gang. They aren’t sure if Fu Manchu is involved or
not. The plan is to grab Morgan, a ship-captain and smuggler. He will reveal who is behind the operation.
Fu Manchu is interrogating Vincente if torture answers questions. The evil warlord rants about controlling gold which is the god of Macau. Vincente won’t say
a word. A servant has heated a bar of gold. The scene cuts out as Fu Manchu presses it against Vincente’s flesh.
Our intrepid heroes raid the shack and discover Vincente’s corpse along with a catatonic woman.
At the hospital, Petry is checking over the woman’s case. He wants to see if she’ll come out of it naturally without relying on drugs.
Fu Manchu is worried after learning that Petry is in Macau. The Catatonic woman may have seen too much. Morgan is ordered to kill her. He refuses at first but
Fu’s gentle persuasions convince him otherwise.
Morgan sneaks into the woman’s room. Drawing a knife, he pulls back the cover and realizes it is Ann. She starts screaming bloody murder awakening the nurse
in the room. Morgan runs out.
The heroes talk with Ann. She received a letter that her husband, Morgan, had committed suicide. Later, she learns he was actually court-martialed for
smuggling. Ann has been searching and came to Macau and went to the shack. They think he may return to get her again.
Fu Manchu reads a paper which still claims the woman is in shock. He orders Morgan to smuggle the gold out of the country.
However, word gets back to Fu Manchu that Morgan plans to sail tonight.
A doctor checks on Ann. It is Morgan in a doctor’s coat. She asks him about the murdered man. He wants to taker her way and promises her the moon,
too. Suckin’ face ensues. Grabbing a gurney, he is able to get her out of the hospital.
At the docks, Fu Manchu is awaiting Morgan on the ship. He knew all the time about the court-martial, and Morgan’s wife.
Ann reveals they were followed from the hospital. Apparently, she has been looking for her husband out of love but anger.
Servant guy tosses a knife. Morgan takes the blade intended for Ann.
The cavalry arrives. In the confusion Fu Manchu escapes. They’ll try to search for him.
Petry reveals that Fu Manchu was able to escape into China.
Inspector Lum Sim and the others thank Ann for her help before leaving.
Fu Manchu is the chessboard contemplating his next move.
