THE ADVENTURES OF FU MANCHU (1956)

THE ADVENTURES OF FU MANCHU (1956) begins with Fu Manchu (Glen Gordon) and his archrival Nayland Smith playing a game of chess with the narrator telling us, “Black and white. Life and death. Good and evil. Two sides of a chess game. Two forces of the universe, one magnificent, the other sinister. It is said the Devil plays for men’s souls. So does Dr. Fu Manchu, Satan himself, evil incarnate.” The ruthless Fu Manchu commits murder in the search for gold and then helps Adolf Hitler get plastic surgery so that together they can conquer the world.