Scotland Yard jagt Dr. Mabuse (1963)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Paul May

Writers:

Ladislas Fodor (writer)
Norbert Jacques (characters)

Release Date:

20 September 1963 (West Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Sci-Fi | Horror | Mystery

Plot:

The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the city. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Peter van Eyck	...	Major Bill Tern
Sabine Bethmann	...	Nancy Masterson
Dieter Borsche	...	George Cockstone
Werner Peters	...	Inspektor Vulpius
Klaus Kinski	...	Inspector Joe Wright
Wolfgang Preiss	...	Dr. Mabuse's Ghost
Agnes Windeck	...	Gwendolyn Tern
Ruth Wilbert	...	Prinzessin Diana
Hans Nielsen	...	Chef von Scotland Yard
Albrecht Schoenhals	...	Sir Robert General Allingham
Wolfgang Lukschy	...	Ernest Hyliard
Walter Rilla	...	Dr. Pohland / 'Dr. Mabuse'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ady Berber	...	Hangman
Albert Bessler	...	Konservator
Alfred Braun
Sigurd Lohde	...	Briefträger
Gert Wiedenhofen	...	Kloppe
Anneliese Würtz	...	Rose

Also Known As:

Der Todesspiegel (West Germany) (working title)
Der Todesspiegel des Dr. Mabuse (West Germany) (working title)
Die scharlachrote Dschunke (West Germany) (working title)
Dr. Mabuse hält London in Atem (West Germany) (working title)
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (USA)
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
Scotland Yard in Pursuit of Dr. Mabuse (International: English title) (literal title)
Scotland Yard vs. Dr. Mabuse

Runtime:

Germany:90 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 (nf)

Filming Locations:

CCC-Atelier, Spandau, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)

Movie Connections:

Spin off Dr. M (1990)

The hunt for Dr. Mabuse continues.

It's a good thing they tried to change things around about and picked a different approach again. After all, this was the seventh Dr. Mabuse movie that was made, so everything had basically already been done before. It's not that the came up with a terribly originally concept are anything like that but at least they changed the settings and went along with different characters again, except for the villainous Dr. Mabuse of course, who is still as evil as ever and unfolds a new plan to take over the world, starting with London this time, using yet again mind controlling technologies.

The story is of course quite ridicules but at the same time it also works out rather well, also especially when being compared to some of the other '60's Dr. Mabuse movies. The whole crime/mystery elements of the movie are being handled quite well.

So out of all the Dr. Mabuse movies, this one really ain't among the worst, although it obviously also doesn't come noway close to the first three Dr. Mabuse movies, directing by Fritz Lang.

The acting in the movie really varies. The one moment it is great, the other its simple poor. The movie also features Klaus Kinski, in a quite early role and also yet AGAIN Werner Peters. He had appeared in 4 Dr. Mabuse movies before, each time in a totally different role, to which this movie also forms no exception. How confusing do you want things to be? Also Wolfgang Preiss reappears again in this movie as the villainous Dr. Mabuse again, for the fifth and last time, though only as the 'ghost' of Dr. Mabuse this time.

It's a quite funky movie. It has a typical funky '60's style, that all of the previous '60's Dr. Mabuse movies also had. Still the movie is shot in atmospheric black & white, which also provides the movie with a certain type of old fashioned atmosphere and overall style.

Yet another fine, perfectly watchable Dr. Mabuse movie entry.

7/10