# The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)

> A hard-driving police investigation spirals into a paranoid conspiracy when Commissioner Lohmann discovers that the supposedly vanished Dr. Mabuse may still be orchestrating murders.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/11575

## Facts

- Runtime: 85 min
- Genres: Crime, Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Director: Harald Reinl
- Cast: Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker, Daliah Lavi, Werner Peters, Fausto Tozzi, Joachim Mock, Rudolf Forster, Rudolf Fernau
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055008/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: paranoid, propulsive, mysterious, classic crime night, cult thriller marathon

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- [The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)](https://ember.film/movie/11576)
- [Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963)](https://ember.film/movie/11577)
- [The Desperado Trail (1965)](https://ember.film/movie/3733)
- [The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/10126)
- [Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)](https://ember.film/movie/3351)
- [Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/25353)
- [Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)](https://ember.film/movie/15772)
- [Old Shatterhand (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/4725)
- [The Night of the Generals (1967)](https://ember.film/movie/27663)
- [The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/16516)

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