When the home of Dr. Chaleck is robbed and the corpse of a woman found crushed to death, Inspector Juve pursues the gang leader Loupart in connection with the gruesome crime. He and the journalist Jerome Fandor relentlessly pursue suspects, narrowly escaping high-speed train wrecks, blazing infernos, and the diabolical snares of the Genius of Crime, Fantomas. “From the imaginative standpoint Fantômas is one of the richest works that exist.” —Guillaume Apollinaire “Absurd and magnificent lyricism.” —Jean Cocteau