Chandu the Magician
CHANDU.. He Lives on the Screen!
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A pulpy 1930s adventure serial pitting a mystical hypnotist against a megalomaniacal madman's world-domination scheme, blending exotic mysticism with early sci-fi spectacle.
When delusional madman Roxor kidnaps a scientist in hopes of using his death ray to achieve world dominance, he is opposed by Chandu, a powerful hypnotist and yogi.
Essence
Ensemble
Edmund Lowe
Chandu / Frank Chandler
Irene Ware
Princess Nadji
Bela Lugosi
Roxor
Weldon Heyburn
Abdulah
Herbert Mundin
Albert Miggles
Henry B. Walthall
Robert Regent
Virginia Hammond
Dorothy Regent
June Lang
Betty Lou Regent (as June Vlasek)
Michael Stuart
Bobby Regent (as Nestor Aber)
Nigel De Brulier
Yogi Teacher (uncredited)
John George
Bidder at Slave Market (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
One of Roxor's Henchmen (uncredited)
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