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.

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The Blood of Fu Manchu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jesús Franco
Screenplay by	Peter Welbeck Manfred R. Köhler Jesús Franco
Based on	Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer
Produced by	Harry Alan Towers
Starring	Christopher Lee Tsai Chin Maria Rohm Howard Marion-Crawford Richard Greene Shirley Eaton
Cinematography	Manuel Merino
Edited by	Allan Morrison
Music by	Daniel White
Production companies	Ada Films Terra-Filmkunst Udastex Films
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated Warner-Pathé (UK)[1] Constantin Film (West Germany) Andrés Salvador Molina (Spain)
Release date	23 August 1968 (1968-08-23)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom West Germany Spain
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 film 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.

Plot

In his remote jungle hideout, the evil Dr. Fu Manchu, with his sadistic daughter Lin Tang, 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

Credits adapted from the booklet of the Powerhouse Films Blu-ray boxset The Fu Manchu Cycle: 1965-1969.[2]

References

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