The Secret of Dr. Mabuse or The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (German:Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse) is a 1964 Franco-German-Italian international co-production science fiction Eurospy crime film directed by Hugo Fregonese and Victor De Santis and starring Peter van Eyck, O.E. Hasse and Yvonne Furneaux. It was a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. The film was the last in a series of films which had revived the Weimar era character Doctor Mabuse.[2]
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Directed by | Hugo Fregonese |
Screenplay by | Ladislas Fodor[1] |
Produced by | Artur Brauner[1] |
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Cinematography | Riccardo Pallottini[1] |
Edited by | Alfred Srp[1] |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin.
British Secret Service agent Major Anders investigates Professor Larsen who has invented a death ray on his island. Included among the parties trying to obtain it is the arch criminal Dr. Mabuse. Anders leads an army of frogmen to stop Larsen and Mabuse.
The Secret of Dr. Mabuse was released in West Germany on 18 September 1964.[1]
Creature Feature gave the movie two stars, calling it dreary.[3]
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