Fantômas

Synopsis

Master criminal Fantomas kills an ambassador, has an affair with the dead man's wife, sneaks into a rich woman's house handing out vanishing-ink business cards, is arrested and sentenced to death but switches with an actor, who goes to the guillotine.

First Air Date: 1980-05-03

Last Air Date: 1980-06-14

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 4

Created By: Juan Luis Buñuel, Claude Chabrol

Networks: Antenne 2

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Top Cast

Helmut Berger as Fantomas
Jacques Dufilho as Inspektor Juve
Pierre Malet as Fandor
Gayle Hunnicutt as Lady Beltham
Dominique Zardi as Train porter
Pierre Douglas as Le juge Fuselier
Kristina van Eyck as La princesse Sonia Danidoff
Mario David as Nibet
Serge Bento as L'inspecteur Michel
Fabrice Luchini as Bonardin

Seasons

Season 1 (1980)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Magic Scaffold (1980-05-03)

Inspector Juve is scorned for his belief that a criminal, Fantômas, is the offender in a series of murders and thefts. Juve accompanies a friend with a winning lottery ticket on the train to Paris. The woman is killed and the ticket stolen. Juve is convinced that Fantômas is Mr. Gurn.
Ep. 2: The Devil's Embrace (1980-05-17)

Paris trembles at the thought that Fantômas has escaped the guillotine. Using an array of disguises, Fantômas continues to perpetuate his crimes according to his extravagant whims. The beautiful Joséphine is thrown from a window, the Bercy warehouses are ablaze, and Lady Beltham disappears.
Ep. 3: The Corpse Who Kills (1980-05-31)

With Inspector Juve missing, Fandor takes over the investigation. Fantômas poisons the newly bankrupt Baroness de Vibray and Jacques Dollon is questioned by the police and arrested. When Fandor arrives at the prison to interview Dollon it is reported that he hanged himself in his cell. However, the body has disappeared!
Ep. 4: The Streetcar Phantom (1980-06-14)

With Fandor mistaken for a king and framed for murder by Fantômas, Inspector Juve sets out to prove his innocence.