Danger Diabolik

It’s not who you rob, it’s how you do it – and no-one does it with more style than super-thief Diabolik. Sporting a skin-tight catsuit, he separates the rich and power... more >

It’s not who you rob, it’s how you do it – and no-one does it with more style than super-thief Diabolik. Sporting a skin-tight catsuit, he separates the rich and powerful from their ill-gotten gains in ever more audacious ways. The government are desperate to stop him emptying their treasury; the Mafia want him off their turf. But they’re going to have to raise their game if they want to disrupt Diabolik.

Adapted from an Italian comic strip, Danger: Diabolik has been overshadowed by that other 1968 psychedelic freak-out starring John Philip Law, Barbarella. That’s a shame because this is probably a better film and one of the great camp romps. The plot is a weedy thing but concentrate on the space-age stylings (Diabolik’s swingin’ hide-out, complete with circular bed) and mischievous set-pieces (the police stand no chance against a man who can devise schemes like these) and you’ll have a ball.

Danger: Diabolik is one of the great trash classics, a cheerful reminder of a multi-coloured age and one of the grooviest movies ever made.
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Cast

Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, John Phillip Law, Terry Thomas, Marisa Mell

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