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Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (1967)

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard poster
Directed by
André Hunebelle
Genre
comedy film, crime film, mystery film, comedy thriller
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
12
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 578 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Commisaire Juve and journalist Fandor try to catch the master criminal Fantomas who has threatened Scotland Yard. The story follows their bumbling efforts and Fantomas's elaborate schemes at a Scottish castle.

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What happens

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (French pronunciation: [fɑ̃tomas kɔ̃tʁ skɔtland jaʁd], "Fantomas Against Scotland Yard") is the final installment of a trilogy of films 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. The trilogy was France's humorous answer, starting in 1964, to the James Bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. The Fantômas films became extremely successful in Europe and USSR, and they also found success in the United States and Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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