Cartes sur table (1966)

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writers:

Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay)
Jean-Claude Carrière (story)

Release Date:

27 April 1966 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A mad scientist uses his army of mechanical monsters to control people who have Type O blood. |

Plot Keywords:

Spy

Cast

Eddie Constantine	...	Al Pereira
Françoise Brion	...	Lady Cecilia Addington Courtney
Fernando Rey	...	Sir Percy
Sophie Hardy	...	Cynthia Lewis
Alfredo Mayo	...	Baxter
Ricardo Palacios	...	Hermes
Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui	...	Olsen (as Marcelo Arroita)
Vicente Roca	...	Lee Wee
Gene Reyes	...	Chang-Howe
Manuel Vidal
Mara Kelly
Dina Loy
Aida Power		(as Aida Grace Powers)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ramón Centenero
Jesus Franco	...	Pianist
Antonio Jiménez Escribano
Mara Laso
Ángel Menéndez
Antonio Padilla
Al Pereira	...	Fake chinese man
Lorenzo Robledo

Also Known As:

Attack of the Robots (USA)
Cartas boca arriba (Spain)

Runtime:

92 min | USA:85 min

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company:

Ciné-Alliance

Attack of the Robots

Attack of the Robots (1966)

** (out of 4)

Spanish sci-fi/spoof about a mad scientist who creates some robots to kill off those with Type-O blood. Like many early films from director Jess Franco, this one here is technically well made but, as with the others, it offers nothing original and in the end it comes off rather slow and boring. We've seen this type of film so many times that this one here really doesn't have a single thing going for it.

Also, to be fair, I must admit that I prefer Franco's work from the 1970s, which is another reason why I didn't care for this one as much as others.