The Shadow Of Fu Manchu

_____________________________________ THE SHADOW OF FU MANCHU presented, in serial form, the novels "The Insidious Fu Manchu", "The Hand of Fu Manchu", and "The Return of Fu Manchu". The three novels were dramatized in 39 15-minute episodes. "The Insidious Fu Manchu" was covered in 24 episodes, the bulk of series. "The Hand of Fu Manchu" took only 3 episodes while "The Return of Fu Manchu" took the remaining 12 episodes. The complete serial ran Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, for 13 weeks. Main members of the cast were Gale Gordon, Hanley Stafford and Gerald Mohr. More episodes were produced beyond the 39 mentioned above. It has been reported that the actual number of episodes is 156. A single episode, entitled "The Purple Spot" is in circulation that appears to match the opening chapter of "Fu Manchu's Bride", the sixth novel published. The 2 interviening novels are "The Daughter of Fu Manchu" and "The Mask of Fu Manchu". Perhaps these 2 novels are covered by the 116 episodes that are not currently in circulation. 39/05/08 1 Insidious Dr Fu Manchu 39/05/10 2 The Red Hand of Death 39/05/12 3 The Death List 39/05/15 4 In the Clutches of Fu Manchu 39/05/17 5 An Ally of Love 39/05/19 6 The Creature in the Night 39/05/22 7 Terror at Greymoat 39/05/24 8 Green Mist of Death 39/05/26 9 Nocturnal Visit 39/05/29 10 Prisoners of Fu Manchu 39/05/31 11 The Call of Siva 39/06/02 12 Karamaneh's Story 39/06/05 13 The Deadly Bargain 39/06/07 14 Plans of Destruction 39/06/09 15 Ship of Spies 39/06/12 16 Karameneh's Plea 39/06/14 17 The Undead 39/06/16 18 Back to Life 39/06/19 19 The Poison Pit 39/06/21 20 The Last Laugh 39/06/23 21 Into the Flames 39/06/26 22 Mystery of the Sifan 39/06/28 23 Flower of Silence 39/06/30 24 The Man with Limp 39/07/03 25 The Treasure of the Sifan 39/07/05 26 The Return of Nyland Smith 39/07/07 27 The Golden Pomegranite 39/07/10 28 Kidnapped 39/07/12 29 Double for Murder 39/07/14 30 A Slave Once More 39/07/17 31 Conversation in the Dark 39/07/19 32 Snake's Head 39/07/21 33 Riddle of the White Peacock 39/07/24 34 The Sacred Order of the White Peacock 39/07/26 35 The Coughing Horror 39/07/28 36 In the Grip of Death 39/07/31 37 In the Lair of Fu Manchu 39/08/02 38 The Ghost of the Gables 39/08/04 39 The Sword of Samurai 39/08/07 40 The Purple Spot 39/08/08 80 Sign Of The White Peacock Discovered 39/08/09 81 Opening The Sarcophagus 39/08/10 82 Black Magic 39/08/14 85 The Council Of Seven 39/08/15 86 Grebble Under Madame Ingamar's Spell 39/08/16 Madame Ingamar and Grebble 39/08/23 93 Grebble And Smith Prisoners 39/08/30 99 Arrow For Nyland Smith 39/08/31 100 Theft Of Relics Attemped 39/09/03 102 Joy Shop 39/09/04 103 Nyland Smith Tortured 39/09/05 104 Five Hour Old Corpse 39/09/06 105 Sean Greebie Disappears 39/09/07 106 Rima Kidnapped 39/09/08 107 Fu Manchu Releases Sean 39/09/09 108 Midnight Meeting At The Great Pyramid 39/09/11 109 Trapped In The King's Chamber 39/09/12 110 Death To The Infidels 39/09/13 111 Nyland Denounces Relics As Fakes 39/09/14 112 Mesage From Damascus 39/09/18 115 Mysterious Sea Plane 39/09/19 116 Imitation Relics 39/09/20 117 Wedding Present 39/09/23 120 Secret Television Transmitter 39/09/25 121 The Green Death 39/09/30 126 Kerrigan Sees A Zombie 39/10/02 127 Beating Drums 39/10/05 130 The Silver Heels Explode 39/10/06 131 Murder On Camera 39/10/10 134 Assassination Of Pierre Delibes 39/10/11 135 A Strange Animal Attacks 39/10/15 138 The Purple Shadow 39/10/19 142 A Visit From Florette 39/10/20 143 Nyland Smith And Paul Sterling, Zombies 39/10/21 144 Nyland Smith - A Member Of Sci Fan 39/10/23 145 The Orchid Of Life 39/10/24 146 Formula For 654 39/10/25 147 Fu Whips Fa Lo Swee 39/10/26 148 Fu Recaptures Nyland Smith 39/10/27 149 Death Dealing Flies 39/10/28 150 A Message From Fu's Submarine 39/10/30 151 Secret Hideout Explodes 39/11/02 154 Is Fu In The Hospital 39/11/03 155 Fu Surrenders 39/11/04 156 Fu Escapes - Final Episode _____________________________________