Fantômas contre Scotland-Yard (1967)

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard is a French crime film directed by André Hunebelle. This movie is based on "Fantômas", a novel series that began in 1964 and was published in 1913.

The film stars Jean Marais, Louis de Funès and Mylène Demongeot, as in the previous films. The film deals with the affairs of the character Fantômas in England and is about the struggle of the criminal mastermind once again.

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard is the final installment in a trilogy revolving around the Fantômas character. Fantômas is a criminal who attempted theft, this time at the world leaders summit in Paris. The police do their best to catch him, but Fantômas escapes every time. This time, detectives from the British police force Scotland Yard are also assigned to track down Fantômas. However, Fantômas' gang uses various tricks to mislead the police and thwart their plans. At the end of the movie, Fantômas' identity is revealed and he is made to pay his sentence.

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard, like other Fantômas films, was a huge box office success and became the most-watched film of the year in France. However, it received mixed reviews from critics and was not as well received as the previous film. Fantômas contre Scotland Yard did not win any major awards.

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• The film is the final installment in the Fantômas franchise and is also in the style of a French spy movie that tries to emulate the interest in James Bond movies.
• The cast of the film consists of Jean Marais, Louis de Funès and Mylène Demongeot, as in the previous two films.
• Many Parisian attractions were used to shoot the movie, and some scenes were also shot in Scotland.
• The film was among the most watched films of 1967 in France and was a success at the box office.
• Although the original title of the film was "Fantômas contre Scotland Yard" in French, the film was also screened in English-speaking countries as "Fantomas Against Scotland Yard".
• The character Fantômas has an important place in French culture and has appeared many times in plays, comics and TV series.

Director : André Hunebelle
Writers : Pierre Souvestre(novels), Marcel Allain (novels), Jean Halain (screenplay)
Director of Photography : Marcel Grignon
Music : Michel Magne
Production : 1967 - France - 100 m.
Genre : Adventure / Comedy / Crime

CAST :

Jean Marais

Louis de Funès

Mylène Demongeot

Françoise Christophe

Jean-Roger Caussimon

Robert Dalban