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Fantômas se déchaîne (1965)

Fantômas se déchaîne poster
Directed by
André Hunebelle
Genre
comedy film, crime film, comedy thriller
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
12
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 581 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The evil genius Fantômas is up to his old tricks. A bumbling police commissioner and a journalist try to stop him, but they are no match for his elaborate schemes.

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What happens

Fantômas se déchaîne (French pronunciation: [fɑ̃tomas sə deʃɛn], "Fantomas Unleashed") is a 1965 film starring Jean Marais as the archvillain Fantômas opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Juve and the journalist Fandor, also played by Marais. It was France's answer, with the Fantômas trilogy starting in 1964, to the James Bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. It is the second in the trilogy of Fantômas films, that became extremely successful in Europe and Soviet Union and found success even in the United States and Japan. In this film Jean Marais also plays professor Lefebvre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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