Return Of Doctor Mabuse

Return of dr. Mabuse
Nice, decent little black and white German import from the 60's....Gert Frobe is good as the police inspector and Daliah Lavi makes a beautiful reporter/heroine....interesting show for those who have a taste for this sort of thing.....

Solid pulp-style escapism
If you like over the top pulp style action and mystery, you'll like this film. While it's a little odd to see Gert Frobe playing a solid police inspector, he does it well. And Lex Barker (Tarzan in the 1950's) turns in a solid performance as well. It's not a serious film, and you can make fun of parts of it. But you have a vile villain and his insidious plot. A damsel in distress looking for her father. And a legion of mind controlled minions who work to carry out the sinister plan of Dr. Mabuse. Really, you don't need much more (popcorn anyone?) to have an enjoyable afternoons movie.

who did it? where'd they go?
The Return of Dr. Mabuse is a really old detective story that was probably considered horror back in the day. Ha! Nowadays it's "horror" for the wrong reasons, lol.

It was released in 1961, so don't expect any flashy colors or groundbreaking special effects to grab your attention. However, it's actually not that bad of a movie. Oh sure, I'm giving it 3 stars, but I can think of a few other old films that so are unwatchable they aren't even worth the time of day to review. This one though, is pretty decent. It tells a nice Scooby Doo-like story that is probably about as believable as Scooby Doo, but still worth watching because it does manage to keep you interested in what's going on.

It mostly centers on one cop and a young 21-year old woman who goes around trying to find out about the mysterious deaths surrounding a prison. There's a few twists that are worth noting, but I won't spoil them for you. There's also some surprising looking deaths that will...

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