Fantomas

Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot (starring)
André Hunebelle (director)
Jean Halain, Pierre Foucaud (screenwriters)

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1966. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1964 French film.

A 1960s update on the deathless French crime figure first seen in the 1911 novel co-written by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Fantômas is an infamous criminal with uncanny impersonation skills. With the use of various masks and disguises, he assumes a plethora of identities in order to successfully carry out his crimes. Followed by two sequels in 1965 and 1967.

Shot on location throughout France.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #167587]