The Blood of Fu Manchu

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

The Blood of Fu Manchu, also known as Fu Manchu and the Kiss of Death, Kiss of Death, Kiss and Kill and Against All Odds, is a 1968 British adventure crime film based on the fictional Asian villain 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. It was produced by Harry Alan Towers for Udastex Films. It starred Christopher Lee as 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.

Plot

In his remote jungle hideout, the evil Fu Manchu has discovered a deadly poison 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 poison causes blindness and ultimately followed six weeks later by death. Using mind control, he aims the 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.

External links

• The Blood of Fu Manchu at IMDb
• The Blood of Fu Manchu at AllMovie