The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

Four years had passed since the Mabuse series was revived with the film THE 1000 EYES OF DOCTOR MABUSE (1960) by Fritz LANG. The concept had slowly run its course. It didn't help that producer Artur BRAUNER made filming in Italy possible. The desired flair of the very successful James Bond film DOCTOR NO (1962) could not even be achieved in the slightest.

In his third Mabuse mission, Peter van EYCK chases mysterious death rays invented by a professor played by O. E. HASSE (known from I CONFESS (1951) by Alfred HITCHCOCK). All of this is combined with a spy plot with timid science fiction elements. The "West German James Bond" Peter von EYCK receives female support in this film from Rika DIALINA and Yvonne FURNEAUX, who remain very colorless. There are also interesting supporting roles from two well-known faces from various CINECITTA films: Yoko TANI shines as a seductive secretary, and Feodor CHALIAPIN Jr. Can be seen as a pharmacist.

In West German cinemas, just over 1.2 million visitors wanted to see the sixth film in the Mabuse series, but the final farewell to Doctor Mabuse was inevitable after this contribution.