The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)

Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.

Director:

Jesús Franco

Writers:

Sax Rohmer (novels), Harry Alan Towers (story),

Stars:

Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Howard Marion-Crawford

Cast

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

Storyline

Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.

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Plot Keywords:

poison | fu manchu | actual animal killed | snake | sequel | 

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Taglines:

LUSCIOUS LIPS - Lethal in their biting sting of death!

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Genres:

Adventure | Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

M

Details

Country:

Spain West Germany UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 1969 (USA)

Also Known As:

Against All Odds

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 15,156,823 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ada Films, Commonwealth United Entertainment, Constantin Film Produktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 94 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Richard Greene replaced Douglas Wilmer.

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Connections

Follows The Miracle (1923)

User Reviews

Tentative and dull, but worth seeing for Lee and Chin

The Blood of Fu Manchu has very little going for it other than the fact that Sadean director Jess Franco seems to want to make the evil Chinese mastermind and his deliriously malevolent daughter, Lin Tang, the heroes of the film. Having been reduced to cameo status in the turgid previous entry in the series, The Vengeance of Fu Manchu, star Christopher Lee is now given plenty of screen time, numerous loving close-ups, and plenty of over-ripe dialog. He responds with a wonderfully spirited performance that is a joy to behold. Conversely, ostensible hero, Nayland Smith, played by a wooden Richard Green, is reduced to blind impotence, and sidekick Dr. Petrie comes across as a sputtering buffoon. The usually exciting climax is here rushed and perfunctory, as if Franco could not bear to kill off his villains. Franco never comes to grips with producer Harry Alan Towers' dreadfully wordy and convoluted screenplay, and the film bogs down for long periods of time in pointless sub plots and banal 'action' sequences. Fortunately, in the next and last film in the series, The Castle of Fu Manchu, a more confident Franco throws all caution to the wind and focuses almost entirely on Fu and Lin Tang, ironically, in the process, killing off the series forever.