Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

I´ve seen this movie about three times and I´m convinced that it is better than the two others.

But a very good film about "Fantomas" is still missing.

Unfortunately there won´t be another one with great Louis De Funès and Jean Marais.

Well, I recall this one as sort of a Faydeau farce. The first two ('Fantomas' in 1964 and 'Fantomas Returns' the following year) were authentic French action adventure dramas created in direct competition to the 007 craze then sweeping France. They had James Bondish plots with a great deal of humour by Louis de Fumes. The final, Scotland Yard installment of this 1964-1966 trilogy was light on plot and heavy on comedy.

Still, the cinemascope color photography was stunning in all three films. And where else can one see a Scottish castle's tower suddenly turned into a rocket launch pad?

same adventures. same fascinating Fantomas. and few drops of social critic. this is all. at the first sigh. but the essence remains the flavor of the past because the location of the chain of adventures, errors, misunderstandings and strong fight of the poor Juve against his the most important enemy is a Scottish castle. and this is the detail who change many slices from the story. after the events who are reflections of James Bond series, Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard is a tempt to give new nuances to a story who could becomes not so interesting. the result is far to be bad but not always convincing. and, for the last situation, the humor remains the perfect choice. so. a castle. an inspector. and the diabolic Fantomas.

This has intrigue in the Scottish castles and woodlands and some freaky sort of turnabouts.

This is a really good episode of this franchise: it used to be a classic french comedy for family but i see now that my nephews find it lame. Honestly they lack taste because here the production is top notch to build the mythic Scottish land of ghosts! In addition, the story is really funny and mischievous especially with Fufu being afraid of ghosts that don't exist! At last, Fantomas is the type of villain as good as Darth Vader: evil, scary look, 100% serious and very pompous. So you are really into this strange land and you are gripped by its mystery and fun!!