Fantomas Collection

Number of Movies: 3

Overview

Fantômas is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914). One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantômas was created in 1911 and appeared in a total of 32 volumes written by the two collaborators, then a subsequent 11 volumes written by Allain alone after Souvestre's death. A trilogy of Fantômas films, which started in 1964 with Fantômas, departed considerably from the novels by giving the story a more comedic tone as preceded by the first two Pink Panther films, and by making Fantômas (played by Jean Marais) more of a James Bond enemy by likewise borrowing from the first two Bond films.

Featured Cast

Jean Marais

Fantômas / Fandor / Sir Walter Brown / Giuseppe Luigi

Louis de Funès

Commissioner Juve

Françoise Christophe

Lady Dorothée MacRashley

Jean-Roger Caussimon

Lord Edward MacRashley / Fantômas

Robert Dalban

Director of the newspaper

André Dumas

Tom Smith

Max Montavon

Alexandre

Rita Renoir

Star who gets off the plane

Henri Serre

André Berthier

Jacques Dynam

Michel Bertrand

3 Movies

Fantomas

November 4, 1964

Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.

Fantomas Unleashed

December 8, 1965

In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre.

In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.

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