The Blood of Fu Manchu

The Blood of Fu Manchu, also known as Fu Manchu and the Kiss of Death, Kiss of Death, Kiss and Kill (U.S. title) and Against All Odds (original U.S. video title), is a 1968 British adventure crime film directed by Jesús Franco, based on the fictional Asian villain Dr. Fu Manchu created by Sax Rohmer. It was the fourth film in a series, and was preceded by The Vengeance of Fu Manchu. The Castle of Fu Manchu followed in 1969.

The Blood of Fu Manchu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jesús Franco
Produced by	Harry Alan Towers
Written by	Harry Alan Towers Jess Franco Manfred R. Köhler
Starring	Christopher Lee Tsai Chin Maria Rohm Richard Greene Götz George Howard Marion-Crawford Shirley Eaton
Music by	Daniel White
Cinematography	Manuel Merino
Edited by	Alan Morrison
Release date	23 August 1968 (1968-08-23)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

It was produced by Harry Alan Towers for Udastex Films. It starred Christopher Lee as Dr. Fu Manchu, Richard Greene as Scotland Yard detective Nayland Smith, and Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie. The movie was filmed in Spain and Brazil. Shirley Eaton appears in a scene that she claimed she was never paid for; apparently, the director Jesús Franco had inserted some stock footage of her from one of her films (The Girl from Rio (1968)) into the film without telling her. She only found out years later that she had been in a Fu Manchu film.

Premise

In his remote jungle hideout, the evil Dr. Fu Manchu has discovered a deadly venom in a "lost city" in the Amazonian jungle that affects only men. Women can become carriers of the "kiss of death" by being bitten by venomous snakes. The venom causes blindness and is ultimately followed six weeks later by death. Using mind control, he aims six women at Nayland Smith and other key people with political influence. This prevents them from interfering with his own ambitions: to prepare millions of "doses" and spread them around the world's major cities and capitals in a plan to gain world domination.

Cast

• Christopher Lee as Dr. Fu Manchu
• Richard Greene as Nayland Smith
• Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie
• Götz George as Carl Jansen
• Maria Rohm as Ursula Wagner
• Ricardo Palacios as Sancho Lopez
• Loni von Friedl as Celeste
• Frances Khan as Carmen
• Tsai Chin as Lin Tang
• Isaura de Oliveira as Yuma
• Shirley Eaton as the Black Widow
• Francesca Tu as Lotus

External links

• The Blood of Fu Manchu on IMDb
• Kiss and Kill at the TCM Movie Database
• The Blood of Fu Manchu at AllMovie