The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)

Directed by

Jesús Franco

Genre

horror film, adventure film, science fiction film, crime film, crime thriller film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

18

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A terrifying criminal mastermind plots to kill a group of scientists. A Scotland Yard detective and his doctor friend try to stop him.

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What happens

The Blood of Fu Manchu (German: Der Todeskuss des Dr. Fu Man Chu, lit. 'The Death-Kiss of Dr. Fu Manchu', Spanish: Fu-Manchú y el beso de la muerte), also known as 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. It was produced by Harry Alan Towers for Udastex Films. It stars Christopher Lee as Dr. Fu Manchu, Richard Greene as Scotland Yard detective Nayland Smith, and Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie. The film was filmed in Spain and Brazil. Shirley Eaton appears in a scene for which she claimed she was never paid. Apparently, director Jesús Franco inserted some stock footage of her from one of her earlier films, The Girl from Rio (1968), without telling her. She only found out years later that she had been in a Fu Manchu film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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