Fantômas contre Scotland Yard

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard
Fantômas contre Scotland Yard
	Film poster
Directed by	André Hunebelle
Written by	Pierre Souvestre (novels) ; Marcel Allain (novels) ; Jean Halain (adaptation, screenplay and dialogue) ; Pierre Foucaud (adaptation)
Produced by	Paul Cadéac ; Alain Poiré
Starring	Jean Marais ; Louis de Funès ; Mylène Demongeot
Cinematography	Marcel Grignon ; Vladimir Ivanov
Edited by	Pierre Gillette
Music by	Michel Magne
Production; company	Gaumont
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution
Release date	16 March 1967;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$26.7 million

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (French pronunciation: [fɑ̃tomas kɔ̃tʁ skɔtland jaʁd], "Fantomas Against Scotland Yard") is the final installment of a trilogy of films starring Jean Marais as the archvillain Fantômas 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.^[2] The Fantômas films became extremely successful in Europe and USSR, and they also found success in the United States and Japan.^[3]^[4]

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 castle as the headquarters to set up a trap for the menace called Fantômas.

Cast

Actor	Character
Jean Marais	Fantômas / Fandor
Louis de Funès	Commissioner Juve
Mylène Demongeot	Hélène Gurn
Jean-Roger Caussimon	Lord McRashley

Filming locations

The film was shot in France, England and Scotland. A prominent filming location in France was the Château de Roquetaillade; in the film it is Lord McRashley's Scottish castle.

Release

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard premiered in France on 16 March 1967 and had admissions in France of 3,557,971.^[5]

The Fantômas trilogy

Title	Release date
Fantômas	4 November 1964
Fantômas se déchaîne	8 December 1965
Fantômas contre Scotland Yard	16 March 1967

Cancelled sequel

A fourth film titled Fantômas à Moscou (Fantômas in Moscow) was planned, but Jean Marais and Louis de Funès did not get on and refused to work together again.^[6] As a result, the project never got off the ground. According to the script, Fandor was Fantomas' son.^[7]

References

↑ Fantômas contre Scotland Yard JP's Box-Office
↑ Dimitris Eleftheriotis (25 January 2002). Popular Cinemas of Europe: Studies of Texts, Contexts and Frameworks. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-62356-955-6.
↑ Japan fan website via the Internet Archive
↑ Kate Ince (22 July 2005). Georges Franju. Manchester University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7190-6828-7.
↑ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
↑ https://www.cinecomedies.com/dossiers/derriere-le-masque-de-fantomas/
↑ According to Télé Star magazine issue published on 17 December 2019 and confirmed by Mylène Demongeot.

External links

[1] Fantômas contre Scotland Yard JP's Box-Office

[Eleftheriotis2002-2] Dimitris Eleftheriotis (25 January 2002). Popular Cinemas of Europe: Studies of Texts, Contexts and Frameworks. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-62356-955-6.

[Japan_fan_website-3] Japan fan website via the Internet Archive

[Ince2005-4] Kate Ince (22 July 2005). Georges Franju. Manchester University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7190-6828-7.

[marais-5] "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.

[6] ttps://www.cinecomedies.com/dossiers/derriere-le-masque-de-fantomas/

[7] According to Télé Star magazine issue published on 17 December 2019 and confirmed by Mylène Demongeot.

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