The Return of Dr. Mabuse

The Return of Dr. Mabuse

1961 · 85 min · ★ 6.1 · Crime, Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery

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

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