A wonderful French crime-comedy, based on the 19th century stories of Fantomas with obvious influences from the James Bond film at the time, with one major exception, in the world of Fantomas, crime does pay! As a comedy this certainly works, with Louis de Funes as the ridiculous Commissionaire Juve and Jean Marais as both Fandor and Fantomas, we get a funny, rolling action flick, with some tightly shot sequences and some hammy performances. This film is in my opinion far more enjoyable then any of the James Bond films produced at the time and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes comedy, action or French films.