Mission spéciale au 2ème bureau

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 Mission spéciale au 2ème bureau (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.

Directors
- Hugo Fregonese
- Victor De Santis
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4.8/10

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- Hugo Fregonese
- Victor De Santis
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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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1/10

The death knell of Dr Mabuse is more like it.

From 1960 to 1964 the Germans released six thrillers focusing on Dr Mabuse. I loved five of them.Guess which one I hate.Hate may be too strong a word.But after wanting to see this for so long the actual viewing is a disappointment.

The writers/producers/director strayed from the original source material of Dr Mabuse. James Bond was extremely popular at the time and it heavily influenced this film.

What we have is a hodge podge of too many smart spies running around an island. They're all looking for the latest person possessed by Dr Mabuse. Mabuse has gotten his hands on a death ray and is ready to start World War III.

If it wasn't for a very tenuous three minutes at the beginning of the film and the last two minutes you wouldn't know you were watching a Dr Mabuse movie. You'd chalk it up to a really bad James Bond rip off and do something else. Smart move.

evilskip
Aug 1, 2000
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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.