"Germacide" / "Blondy" (1974)Rod Taylor plays Christopher Tauling, a U.N. official in this French/German-made political conspiracy piece. Tauling is leading an effort to warn the authorities worldwide that a bacterial weapon is at the ready to wipe out most of mankind. But Tauling and the plot line about biological terror wind up being secondary to other intrigue. While Tauling is away trying to advance his cause, his bizarre-looking, orange-haired waif of a wife, Patrice (Catherine Jourdan), is lured into a sadomasochistic affair with a young man, who nicknames her "Blondy." The affair was engineered by a friend, Mitta (Bibi Andersson), who is not what she appears. Tauling winds up murdered, and an investigation ensues that reveals the killing's political motivations. In a 1976 interview, Taylor referred to this film as "a dog." |
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