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The Queen of Hearts

1923 · 32 min Crime Drama Mystery
3.0 / 10 · TMDB

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...

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Year 1923
Country United Kingdom
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director A.E. Coleby
Runtime 32 min.
Rating TMDB: 3.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs a chilling scenario where the sterile environment of surgery becomes a theater of terror. It relies on the stark contrast between medical precision and the brutal randomness of fate, symbolized by the lethal card draw.

What lingers after the final reel is a palpable sense of dread, the idea of science hijacked by malevolence and life hanging on a mere gamble. The moral quandary faced by the captured doctors resonates with a quiet, unsettling power. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: A.E. Coleby

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