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Wikipedia article'Fantmas contre Scotland Yard' (, "Fantomas Against Scotland Yard") is the final installment of a trilogy of films starring Jean Marais as the arch villain Fantmas name opposite Louis de Funs 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 'Fantmas' films became extremely successful in Europe and USSR, and found success even in the United States and Japan where fan websites exist to this day.[https://web.archive.org/web/20061028150955/http://www.fantomas.jp/ Japan fan website] via the Internet Archive PlotIn the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantmas 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 Fantmas' potential victims, uses his castle as the headquarters to set up a trap for the menace called Fantmas. CastReleaseThe film premiered in France on 16 March 1967. It was filmed in Chteau de Roquetaillade. The film had admissions in France of 3,557,971. The Fantmas trilogyReferences | |
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