Ransom is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz and is considered to be lost.
[1][2][3] This is one of the many films of this period that sought to cash in on the fame of the then-popular Sax Rohmer Fu Manchu novels.
Surprisingly, Columbia resorted to aping the character instead of attempting to secure the rights legally from the author.
Wu Fang kidnaps Bobby, the young brother of Dr. Meredith's fiancee Lois, and offers to trade the boy's life for the secret formula.
Just as Wu Fang prepares to torture her, Dr. Meredith bursts in with the police and saves both captives in the nick of time.