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

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as the arch villain Fantômas name 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 found success even in the United States and

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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 Scotland by Lord McRashley (played by Jean-Roger Caussimon). Lord McRashley, one of Fantômas' potential victims, uses his

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

The Fantômas trilogy

References

External links

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Site officiel de château de Roquetaillade
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