The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse

Director: Fritz Lang
Writers: Fritz Lang (screenplay), Heinz Oskar Wuttig (screenplay)
Stars: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe

Reporter Peter Barter gets murdered while driving to his tv station. Commissioner Kras gets a phone call from the clairvoyant Cornelius, who saw Barter's death in a vision. But a dark force prevents Cornelius from seeing the man behind the crime. Meanwhile, the policemen concentrate their activities on the hotel Luxor. There exist too many links between the hotel and unsolved crimes. Trevors, a rich American, rents a room in the hotel at the same time. He can prevent the suicide of the young woman Marion Menil at the last minute. But what is the reason for Miss Menil's doing so? Why is she initimidated? Could it be that Dr. Mabuse, a genius in crime believed to be dead, is back?

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