The Mad Magician (1954)

05/19/1954Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Horror1h 12m
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3D THRILL! Fuel for the human bonfire!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Vincent Price

    Don Gallico

  2. Cast 1

    Mary Murphy

    Karen Lee

  3. Cast 1

    Eva Gabor

    Claire Gallico Ormond

  4. Cast 1

    John Emery

    Rinaldi aka 'The Great Rinaldi'

  5. Cast 1

    Donald Randolph

    Ross Ormond

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    Lenita Lane

    Alice Prentiss

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    Patrick O'Neal

    Lt. Alan Bruce

  8. Cast 1

    Jay Novello

    Frank Prentiss

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    Corey Allen

    Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)

Tails you win, heads you lose! The Mad Magician is directed by John Brahm and written by Crane Wilbur. It stars Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor and Patrick O'Neal. Music is by Arthur Lange and Emil Newman and cinematography by Bert Glennon. Magician Don Gallico (Price) is incensed when his attempts at stardom is scuppered by a contract he signed, so much so he takes matters in to his own hands... One of the eras 3-D productions, The Mad Magician sees Columbia recycle Warner Brother's 1953 release of House of Wax. The familiarity of it all is impossible to shake off, with a key s...