The Mad Magician
1954
3D THRILL! Fuel for the human bonfire!
Directed by John Brahm
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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 effect 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.
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- Director
- John Brahm
- Written by
- Crane Wilbur
- Produced by
- Bryan Foy
- Composers
- Arthur Lange, Emil Newman
- Cinematographer
- Bert Glennon
- Editor
- Grant Whytock
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Language
- en
- TMDB
- 6.9/10 (49 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.5/10 (2,484 votes)
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)
Roland Varno
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
