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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 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]
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.[ citation needed]
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.[ citation needed]
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]