''Fantômas contre Scotland Yard'' (, "Fantomas Against Scotland Yard") is the final installment of a trilogy of films starring Jean Marais as the arch villain

Fantômas 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 appear ...

name opposite

Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...

as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Juve and the journalist Fandor, also played by Marais. The

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was

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's humorous answer, starting in 1964, to the

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phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. The ''Fantômas'' films became extremely successful in

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and

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, and found success even in the

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and Japan where fan websites exist to this day.Japan fan website
via the Internet Archive

Plot

In the third and final film of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply. Journalist Fandor and commissaire Juve are invited to

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McRashley (played by Jean-Roger Caussimon). Lord McRashley, one of Fantômas' potential victims, uses his castle as the headquarters to set up a trap for the menace called Fantômas.

Cast

Release

The film premiered in France on 16 March 1967. It was filmed in

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. The film had admissions in France of 3,557,971.

The Fantômas trilogy

References

External links

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1960s crime comedy films 1960s comedy thriller films 1967 films Films directed by André Hunebelle Films set in Scotland Films set in castles French comedy films French crime films 1960s French-language films French sequel films Fantômas films 1967 comedy films 1960s French films {{comedy-crime-film-stub