Attack of the Robots

Attack of the Robots
French film poster
Directed by	Jesús Franco
Screenplay by	Jean-Claude Carrière
Story by	Jesús Franco[1]
Starring	Eddie Constantine Françoise Brion Fernando Rey Sophie Hardy
Cinematography	Antonio Macasoli
Edited by	Marie-Louise Barberot[1]
Music by	Paul Misraki[1]
Production companies	Hesperia Film Cine Alliance Spéva Films
Distributed by	CEPICSA (Madrid) Société Nouvelle de Cinématographe - Les Film Imperia (Paris)
Release dates	27 March 1966 (1966-03-27) (France) 1 August 1966 (1966-08-01) (Madrid)
Running time	94 minutes[2]
Countries	Spain France
Budget	Pts 19,860,000

Attack of the Robots (Spanish: Cartas boca arriba, lit. 'Cards Face Up')^[1] is a 1966 spy film directed by Jesús Franco. The film stars Eddie Constantine as Al Pereira, a spy brought out of retirement to investigate a series of murders conducted by a robot-like army of people with black-framed glasses and strange darkened skin.

The film was a co-production between the Madrid-based Hesperia Film and the Paris-based Cine Alliance and Spéva Films, the same group that had previously financed The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966). Franco signed on to the project after it had already been sold throughout the world as a project starring Constantine in a spy-oriented narrative. Written by Jean-Claude Carrière, it would be the last of his collaborations with Franco. The two decided to play on the perceived notion of Constantine's film persona, making a more clumsy spy.

The film was released in France and Spain in 1966 and performed relatively well at the box office of each country. While reviews in Spanish newspapers ABC and El Mundo Deportivo gave generally positive reviews to the film, it was received poorly by the critics of Spanish film magazine Film Ideal.