The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

Original title: Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse

1964
1h 30m

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Wolfgang Preiss, Yvonne Furneaux, O.E. Hasse, Valéry Inkijinoff, Walter Rilla, and Peter van Eyck in The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964)

The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.

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- Hugo Fregonese
- Victor De Santis
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4.8/10

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Directors
- Hugo Fregonese
- Victor De Santis
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Stars

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Peter van Eyck

Maj. Ken Floyd-Anders

O.E. Hasse

Prof. Larsen

Yvonne Furneaux

Gilda Larsen
(as Yvonne Fourneaux)

Rika Dialyna

Judy
(as Rika Dialina)

Wolfgang Preiss

Dr. Mabuse
(archive footage)

Walter Rilla

Prof. Pohland

Ernst Schröder

Chefarzt

Robert Beatty

Oberst Matson

Valéry Inkijinoff

Dr. Krishna

Dieter Eppler

Kaspar

Claudio Gora

Museumsdirektor Botani…

Gustavo Rojo

Mario Monta

Massimo Pietrobon

Jason Monta

Charles Fawcett

Colonel Adams
(as Charly Fawcett)

Leo Genn

Adm. Quency

Yôko Tani

Sekretärin Mercedes

Erich Koltschack

Lutto
(as Erich K. Koltschak)

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

Apotheker
(as Fedor Schaljapin jun.)

Directors
- Hugo Fregonese
- Victor De Santis
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Trivia
Wolfgang Preiss does not appear in this movie, although he is listed in the credits.

Alternate versions
The Italian version 'I raggi mortali del Dr. Mabuse' is 17 minutes longer and has alternate editing with different sequence order and footage.

Connections
Edited into The Adventures of Superseven: Operation: 8 Spies Too Many! (2011)

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6/10

Too much James Bond overpowers the little Mabuse in the film

The final film in the Dr. Mabuse series is also truly the least of the series. It is a fairly good spy thriller for the era if you look at it just from that viewpoint. But it definitely is a fairly poor Mabuse movie.

I really missed Gert Frobe as Inspector Lohmann. Peter Van Eyck is back as his suave espionage agent and the movie really centers on him, not Mabuse, who really is not even mentioned much until about two-thirds into the film. Add to that the completely outlandish concept of the "death ray mirror", and you've got a mediocre James Bond film on your hands...not a good Mabuse movie, which really relies on fairly realistic and reasonable (though often somewhat mystical or arcane) concepts in technology and the like.

The cinematography is fairly good, as is the Italian (Sardinian?) scenery. I would recommend the film only to Mabuse completists, or the most ardent spy film fanatic.