The Secret of Dr. Mabuse

The 1964 film *The Secret of Dr. Mabuse* (also known as *The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse*) is a science fiction Eurospy crime movie co-produced by West Germany and Italy. Directed by Hugo Fregonese, it features Peter van Eyck, O.E. Hasse, and Yvonne Furneaux. This picture is a later entry in the series that brought back the Weimar-era villain Doctor Mabuse, but it is not the final installment—that distinction belongs to *The Invisible Dr. Mabuse* (1962). The sets were designed by art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Wilhelm Vorwerg, and filming took place at Berlin’s Spandau Studios.

In the plot, British Secret Service Major Anders looks into Professor Larsen, who has created a death ray on his private island. The criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse is among those eager to seize the technology. Anders leads a team of frogmen to stop both Larsen and Mabuse.

The cast includes Peter van Eyck as Major Bob Anders, O.E. Hasse as Professor Larsen, and Yvonne Furneaux as Gilda Larsen (dubbed by Edith Elsholtz). Other actors are Rika Dialina as Judy, Wolfgang Preiss as Dr. Mabuse’s ghost, Walter Rilla as Professor Pohland, Ernst Schroder as Chefarzt, Robert Beatty as Colonel Matson (dubbed by Heinz Giese), Valéry Inkijinoff as Dr. Krishna (dubbed by Fritz Tillmann), Dieter Eppler as Kaspar (dubbed by Alexander Welbat), Claudio Gora as Director Botani alias "Dr. Mabuse" (dubbed by Erich Fiedler), Gustavo Rojo as Mario Monta (dubbed by Gerd Martienzen), Massimo Pietrobon as Jason Monta (dubbed by Friedrich Schoenfelder), Charles Fawcett as Commander Adams (dubbed by Siegfried Schürenberg), Leo Genn as Admiral Quency (dubbed by Arnold Marquis), and Yoko Tani as Mercedes (dubbed by Renate Danz).

The film was released in West Germany on 18 September 1964. *Creature Feature* gave it two stars, describing it as dreary.