The Mad Magician

Film • 1954 • 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 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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Status: Released
Release: May 19, 1954 (72 years ago)
Runtime: 1h 12m
Rating: Approved
Language: English
Origins: United States
Tags: black and white bonfire circular saw contract crematorium crime crime fiction writer exwife fingerprint illusion illusionist impersonation inventor landlady magic trick magician magician assistant mask murder mystery mystery writer police detective rival thriller
Companies: Columbia Pictures

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