| Release Date | 04 November 1964 |
| Tagline | Men Hunt Him Down - Women Look Him Up! Super-Thief ... Master Lover ... He's out to ransack the world! |
| Genre | Comedy, Crime, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Country | FranceItaly |
| Language | French |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Comedy Thriller, Master Criminal Films |
| Themes | Bumbling Cops, Assumed Identities, Perfect Crime, Criminal's Revenge |
| Tones | Humorous, Cynical, Easygoing, Goofy |
| Tags | Assumed Identity, Criminal, Disguise, Interview, Jewel Robbery, Mask [disguise], Newspaper, Police Commissioner, Reporter |
Fantômas (French pronunciation: ) is a 1964 French film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain with the same name opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Paul Juve. In the film Juve teams up with journalist Fandor, also played by Marais, trying to catch Fantômas but never quite succeeding. It was France's answer, in 1964, to the James Bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. It is the first ever of a trilogy film, that Fantômas became extremely successful in Europe, Soviet Union and Japan, it found also success even in the United States where fan websites exist to this day. Mylène Demongeot plays Hélène. Hélène Gurn is the girlfriend of Jérôme Fandor, Fantômas' arch enemy.