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The Return of Dr. Mabuse

The Return of Dr. Mabuse

19616.11h 25m

Overview

The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a maximum security prison and involving a minister who has written a book called "The Anatomy Of The Devil".

Directed by Harald Reinl
Written by Ladislas Fodor, Marc Behm
Produced by Artur Brauner
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Top Cast

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

Lohmann

Lex Barker

Lex Barker

Joe Como

Daliah Lavi

Daliah Lavi

Maria Sabrehm

Werner Peters

Werner Peters

Böhmler

Fausto Tozzi

Fausto Tozzi

Warden Wolf

J

Joachim Mock

Detective Voss

Rudolf Forster

Rudolf Forster

Julius Sabrehm

Rudolf Fernau

Rudolf Fernau

Reverend Brietenstein

Albert Bessler

Albert Bessler

Black Cloaked Peddler

Ady Berber

Ady Berber

Alberto Sandro

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Themes & Keywords

prisonmind controllibrarylaboratory

About The Return of Dr. Mabuse

The Return of Dr. Mabuse is a crime, thriller, science fiction, mystery film released in 1961 exploring themes of prison, mind control, library, laboratory. Directed by Harald Reinl, it stars Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker, Daliah Lavi. The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a maximum security prison and involving a minister who has written a book called "The Anatomy Of The Devil".

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