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The Mad Magician (1954)
Directed by John Brahm
“3D THRILL! Fuel for the human bonfire!”
Thriller, Crime, Horror · 1h 12m
Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw illusion for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.
Cast
Vincent Price
Don Gallico
Mary Murphy
Karen Lee
Eva Gabor
Claire Gallico Ormond
John Emery
Rinaldi aka 'The Great Rinaldi'
Donald Randolph
Ross Ormond
Lenita Lane
Alice Prentiss
Patrick O'Neal
Lt. Alan Bruce
Jay Novello
Frank Prentiss
Corey Allen
Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)
Conrad Brooks
Bonfire Extra (uncredited)
Roy Engel
Detective (uncredited)
Lyle Talbot
Program Hawker (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- John Brahm
- Screenplay
- Crane Wilbur
- Director of Photography
- Bert Glennon
- Original Music Composer
- Emil Newman, Arthur Lange
- Editor
- Grant Whytock
- Producer
- Bryan Foy
Details
- Release date
- 1954-05-19
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Horror
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures